BlockSun N Sand Beaches, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Carrabelle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32346. The Survey maps it on the Lighthouse Point quadrangle.
Then and now
1943 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 45 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
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1943 USGS Lighthouse Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Lighthouse Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Lighthouse Point quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Carrabelle quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Lighthouse Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
31 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Sun N Sand Beaches between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,462 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 2 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MASHES SAND 2 (65) |
| 23 August 2015 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | OCHLOCKONEE BAY (19-6) |
| 10 August 1997 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2007 | Natural | 5.1 acres | Florida Forest Service | (19) THE LANDING #2 |
| 29 July 1998 | Natural | 75 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2007 | Natural | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | (19) ALLIGATOR RD COMMAND |
| 17 July 2000 | Natural | 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Dunes | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Saint Teresa | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| McIntyre | 9.7 miles | 20 | |
| Big Blackjack Landing | 11.5 miles | 20 | |
| Lanark Village | 12.4 miles | 20 | |
| Pine Log | 13.8 miles | 20 | |
| Carrabelle | 16.4 miles | 20 | |
| Carrabelle Beach | 17.8 miles | 20 |
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 Q122569681 | 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 300196. 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.