BlockWhidden Corner, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Clewiston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33440. The Survey maps it on the Moore Haven 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 Moore Haven quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Whidden Corner between 1993 and 2019, burning about 152 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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 | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ROADSIDE (26) |
| 10 June 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 June 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HICPOCHEE (22) |
| 31 May 2017 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | DJ RANCH (26) |
| 27 May 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 May 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | HAMLIN AVE. (26) |
| 23 May 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 May 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarton | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Harlem | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Clewiston | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Sugar Junction | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Hooker Point | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| South Clewiston | 10.0 miles | 11 | |
| Port LaBelle | 17.1 miles | 12 | |
| Sears | 17.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295706. 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.