BlockTrail Center, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Cape Sable census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34141. It lies near Hunters Hammock. The Survey maps it on the Fiftymile Bend quadrangle. It stands 7 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1956 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1956 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Fiftymile Bend quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1995 USGS Fiftymile Bend quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Trail Center between 1993 and 2020, burning about 25,906 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 3 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2008 | Natural | 49 acres | Everglades National Park | LOOP ROAD |
| 14 July 2015 | Natural | 6.5 acres | Everglades National Park | COUNTYLINE WF |
| 13 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Big Cypress National Preserve | ROBERTS |
| 5 June 2011 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Big Cypress National Preserve | BUNKER |
| 7 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25,834 acres | Big Cypress National Preserve | MOONFISH |
| 7 May 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Big Cypress National Preserve | 40 MILE |
| 7 May 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Big Cypress National Preserve | 11 MILE |
| 6 May 1998 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Big Cypress National Preserve | JETPORT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinecrest | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Trail City | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Chatham | 20.5 miles | 9 | |
| The Watson Place | 20.6 miles | 9 | |
| Walter Hamilton Place | 23.1 miles | 9 | |
| Leon Hamilton Place | 26.2 miles | 9 | |
| Flamingo | 45.8 miles | 11 | |
| Grayvik | 45.9 miles | 18 |
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 Q7832716 | 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 292394. 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.