BlockWard, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Southwest Leon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32310. It stands on Sweetwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ward quadrangle.
Then and now
1943 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1943 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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 Lake Talquin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Ward quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Ward quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Ward between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,125 acres in total. 25 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 | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (39) 2 SKIDDER FIRE |
| 17 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2007 | Natural | 110 acres | National Forests in Florida | PINE CREEK |
| 22 August 2014 | Natural | 45 acres | National Forests in Florida | PANTHER |
| 2 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2000 | Natural | 1.6 acres | National Forests in Florida | MYERS |
| 3 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | PANTHER BRANCH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Bluff | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bloxham | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Cohowfoochee (historical) | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| Fort Braden | 12.0 miles | 12 | |
| Holland | 12.4 miles | 12 | |
| Helen | 16.1 miles | 16 | |
| Andrew | 16.9 miles | 16 | |
| Spring Hill | 16.9 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306560. 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.