BlockSponge Rocks, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Homestead census division. The Survey maps it on the Arsenicker Keys quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1949 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1949 USGS Arsenicker Keys quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Arsenicker Keys quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Homestead quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Arsenicker Keys quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1997 USGS Arsenicker Keys quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Sponge Rocks between 1992 and 2017, burning about 4,153 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2003 | Natural | 350 acres | Florida Forest Service | PALM DRIVE FIRE |
| 15 July 2017 | Natural | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | BOONDOCK (13) |
| 13 June 2014 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | EAGLE EYE ( 13 ) |
| 25 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1,200 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 April 2013 | Natural | 1,244 acres | Everglades National Park | 117/ 328 FFS |
| 17 April 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 April 2013 | Natural | 500 acres | Florida Forest Service | TURKEY WEST ( 13 ) |
| 1 April 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cutter Bank | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Islandia | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| The Keyhole | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Gold Key | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| South Allapattah | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Leisure City | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Princetonian Park | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Naranja | 8.8 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122599079 | The 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 304639. 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.