BlockVilla Tasso, Florida
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Freeport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32578. It stands on Eagle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Destin quadrangle.
Then and now
1935 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1935 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1935 USGS Villa Tasso quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Villa Tasso quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Villa Tasso quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Destin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Walton Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Destin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Villa Tasso between 2000 and 2014, burning about 132 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HOWARD ST (66) |
| 5 July 2006 | Fireworks | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 830 |
| 17 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Eglin Air Force Base | CASA LOMA |
| 20 June 2004 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | KELLY PLANTATION FIRE-0860 |
| 4 March 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 66/CHOCTAW BEACH-0281 |
| 15 November 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CHOCTAW BEACH |
| 14 November 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | REGATTA BAY (46) |
| 28 October 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 66/FOREST SHORES-0679 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Villa Tasso in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Tasso | $2,000 | A tree fell onto power lines near Villa Tasso resulting in a power outage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Hammock | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Choctaw Beach | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Turquoise Beach | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Seascape | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| The Village of Baytowne Wharf | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Miramar Beach | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sandestin | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Tang-O-Mar Beach | 6.5 miles | 15 |
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 Q122561472 | 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 292775. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.