BlockStarr, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Live Oak census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32060. The Survey maps it on the Live Oak West quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 25 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 9 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 Live Oak West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Perry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
341 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 341 fires within 5 miles of Starr between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,329 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 9 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 | 109 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 90 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LANCASTER (61) |
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 153RD RD (61) |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295646. 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.