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Sisco, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Crescent City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32181. The Survey maps it on the Satsuma quadrangle.

Sisco within Putnam County

Then and now

1912 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sisco, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Sisco, surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

133 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Sisco between 2000 and 2020, burning about 403 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 13 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Natural28
Arson/incendiarism13
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
19 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLONGTREE ST.54)
17 September 2013Other causesunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMARLIN (54)
23 August 2006Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM-HOOT OWL FIRE
12 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/WELAKA PARK
9 July 2013Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCOMMANDER (54)
31 July 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePINAPPLE (54)
24 July 2015Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSEVEN SISTERS (54)
21 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/MURRAY ROAD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Nashua2.3 miles17
Pomona Park2.4 miles16
Seminole Grove2.6 miles17
Grand View Grove2.7 miles17
Satsuma2.8 miles17
Saratoga3.1 miles17
Possum Bluff3.7 miles17
Welaka3.7 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on SiscoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16900236The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295629. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.