BlockWakulla Beach, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the East Wakulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32327. It stands on Gander Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spring Creek quadrangle.
Then and now
1940 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1940 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.
- 1940 USGS Arran quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Arran quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Spring Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Wakulla Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,351 acres in total. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | QUAIL FIRE |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | 1.4 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | HOLDINGPEN |
| 19 August 1993 | Natural | 30 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | MARCIA |
| 1 August 2019 | Natural | 45 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | PORT LEON FIRE |
| 9 July 2007 | Natural | 328 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | GIBBS ISLAND FIRE |
| 4 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | SPALDING FIRE |
| 4 July 1998 | Natural | 90 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | SHELLPOINT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wakulla Beach: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Creek Land Development - 98 Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Peavy and Son, Inc. - Hannon Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Oak Island | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Port Leon | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Shell Island | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Spring Creek | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hyde Park | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Marks | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Wakulla Gardens | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| San Marcos (historical) | 5.6 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Wakulla Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7961219 | 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 306548. 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.