BlockSturkey, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Lacoochee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33597. The Survey maps it on the Clay Sink quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 23 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
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Clay Sink quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
85 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Sturkey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,421 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2001 | Natural | 75 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 1994 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 1999 | Natural | 340 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 July 2007 | Natural | 34 acres | Florida Forest Service | 51/HORSEFLY FIRE/0875 |
| 14 July 1999 | Natural | 33 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 July 1992 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 2007 | Natural | 84 acres | Florida Forest Service | 60/GOBBLER FIRE/0850 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sturkey: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maynard Ventures Five, Inc. - Maynard Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone |
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.
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 Q122564689 | 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 294935. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.