BlockSweetwater, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Zolfo Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33890. It stands on Mercer Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sweetwater quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 32 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
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Arcadia quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Sweetwater between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,558 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2007-10 MILE GRADE FIRE-0501 |
| 17 September 2004 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | 366 - SUNSET FIRE |
| 13 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Moffitt | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Crewsville | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Gardner | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Zolfo Springs | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Griffins Corner | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| Oak Grove | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lemon Grove | 10.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294941. 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.