BlockWhite Oak Landing, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the West Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32321. It stands on River Styx. The Survey maps it on the Kennedy Creek quadrangle.
Then and now
1945 to 1990The 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 1945 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1945 USGS Kennedy Creek quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Kennedy Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Kennedy Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of White Oak Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,771 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2019 | Natural | 769 acres | National Forests in Florida | FISH CAMP |
| 16 September 1997 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | National Forests in Florida | RIVER STYX |
| 28 August 1993 | Natural | 4.0 acres | National Forests in Florida | not named |
| 18 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | JUNGLE |
| 1 July 2019 | Natural | 116 acres | National Forests in Florida | KENNEDY CREEK |
| 30 June 1998 | Natural | 30 acres | National Forests in Florida | KENNEDY CREEK |
| 15 June 2007 | Natural | 15 acres | National Forests in Florida | GREGORY MILL |
| 15 June 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 White Oak Landing: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Clay Prospect | Clay | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escambia (historical) | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Estanifanulga (historical) | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bon Ami | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Kern | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Owl Landing | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lewis | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Wilma | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sumatra | 8.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306591. 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.