BlockSpray, Florida
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32331. The Survey maps it on the Hamburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hamburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Spray between 1992 and 2020, burning about 309 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 burning | 26 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2014 | Other causes | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HONEY LAKE (40) |
| 29 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 40 - B. LOPER FIRE-0218 |
| 23 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WHITE WING DOVE SWAMP (40) |
| 16 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | OSLO (40) |
| 1 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 40-REDLIGHT FIRE-#0207 |
| 29 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HONEY LAKE PLANTATION (40) |
| 14 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dennet | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Reams | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| New Mikasuki (historical) | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Greenville | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Stern | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bailey | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| San Juan Ospalaga (historical) | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Hamburg | 6.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295640. 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.