BlockWest Canaveral Groves, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cocoa-Rockledge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32926. The Survey maps it on the Sharpes quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1981The 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
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1949 USGS Sharpes quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1951 USGS Sharpes quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Cape Canaveral quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
371 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 371 fires within 5 miles of West Canaveral Groves between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,357 acres in total. 120 started naturally. 78 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 | 120 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 78 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 1997 | Natural | 350 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2010 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | OH NO (O5) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canaveral Acres | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| City Point | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Sharpes | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Cocoa | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Williams Point | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Frontenac | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Port Saint John | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Rockledge | 6.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2805198. 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.