BlockTama, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the East Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32334. It stands on Gully Branch. The Survey maps it on the Smith Creek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1945 to 1990The 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.
Compare 1945 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1945 USGS Smith Creek quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Smith Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Smith Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Tama (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,582 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 11 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 | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 81 acres | National Forests in Florida | RED LAKE |
| 31 August 1998 | Natural | 50 acres | National Forests in Florida | QUEENS BAY |
| 12 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | GUM BAY |
| 9 July 2017 | Natural | 5.0 acres | National Forests in Florida | 111 |
| 9 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Florida | DEER XING |
| 5 July 2009 | Natural | 8.5 acres | National Forests in Florida | PINE CREEK |
| 5 July 1995 | Natural | 81 acres | National Forests in Florida | LOST |
| 31 July 1996 | Natural | 15 acres | National Forests in Florida | BIRD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Pole | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Vilas | 11.7 miles | 13 | |
| Liberty | 12.4 miles | 13 | |
| Central City | 13.1 miles | 13 | |
| Clio | 13.9 miles | 13 | |
| Jensen Place | 14.0 miles | 13 | |
| Wilma | 14.9 miles | 13 | |
| Conners Ford | 15.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306983. 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.