BlockTobacco Patch Landing, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the East Marion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32134. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eureka Dam quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 24 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 Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Eureka Dam quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
181 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Tobacco Patch Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,784 acres in total. 57 started naturally. 18 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 | 57 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | TEUTON CREEK FIRE/MARION |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MILL POND(42) |
| 27 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MARION/EUREKA HYMIE |
| 21 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | not named |
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 Tobacco Patch Landing: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John R. Dykes - Magnolia Bluff Mine | Sand | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Lake | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Eureka | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Hog Valley | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Fort McCoy | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Orange Springs | 5.3 miles | 24 | |
| Fort Brook Landing | 5.9 miles | 24 | |
| Point Pleasant | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Kerr City | 8.6 miles | 9 |
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 Q122560895 | 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 306504. 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.