BlockWall Springs, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Tarpon Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34683. It lies near Indian Bluff Island. The Survey maps it on the Dunedin quadrangle.
Then and now
1943 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 55 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
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1943 USGS Dunedin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Dunedin quadrangle1:31680
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Dunedin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Dunedin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Wall Springs between 1992 and 2018, burning about 215 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 52 NORTH ANCLOTE |
| 8 June 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | MARINER POINT (52) |
| 13 June 1994 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 June 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 65 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 June 1995 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 May 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 52 MARINER'S POINT |
| 30 May 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 52 LK ST.GEORGE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Beach | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Innisbrook | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Acklocknayke (historical) | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Cove Springs | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Palm Harbor | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Lake Shore Estates | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Ozona | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Tarpon Springs | 3.2 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 Q122559024 | 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 292844. 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.