BlockWalsingham, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Boca Ciega census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33778. It stands on Long Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Clearwater quadrangle.
Then and now
1921 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1921 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1921 USGS Sand Key quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Clearwater quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Clearwater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1995 USGS Clearwater quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Walsingham between 1992 and 2016, burning about 74 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2015 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SEMINOLE (52) |
| 13 July 1993 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 June 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | 52 SEMINOLE PARK |
| 22 April 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 52 102ND |
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 Walsingham: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largo Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baskin | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Ridgecrest | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Ulmerton | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Anona | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Oakhurst Terrace | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Largo | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Oakhurst Acres | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Indian Spring Estates | 2.5 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 Q122549804 | 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 292852. 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.