BlockWatson, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Belle Glade-Pahokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33440. The Survey maps it on the Lake Harbor quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 31 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
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Lake Harbor quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Watson between 1992 and 2019, burning about 12 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 June 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 May 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 April 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | THE HAMILTON FIRE |
| 21 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 958 |
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 Watson: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Pit #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Harbor | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Mott | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Keela | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Bean City | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Vaughn | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| South Bay | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Dahlberg | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Belle Glade Camp | 8.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294968. 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.