BlockWeavers Station, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Everglades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34137. The Survey maps it on the Weavers Station quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 32 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
5 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 Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Weavers Station quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Everglades City quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Weavers Station between 1992 and 2015, burning about 18,864 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1996 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 1995 | Natural | 240 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 1998 | Natural | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 550 acres | Big Cypress National Preserve | DOF #5 |
| 20 July 2014 | Natural | 300 acres | Florida Forest Service | BAD LUCK PRAIRIE (11) |
| 17 July 2011 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | RAZZLE DAZZLE (11) |
| 17 July 2011 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | BAD LUCK (11) |
| 4 June 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 65 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fakahatchee | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Lee Cypress | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Dismal Key | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Carnestown | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Copeland | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Royal Palm Hammock | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Old Grove | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Everglades City | 7.5 miles | 10 |
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 Q122539104 | 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 294230. 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.