BlockWhite Springs, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the East Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32321. It stands on White Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bristol 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 13 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 Bristol quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Bristol quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Bristol quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of White Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 355 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 2019 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | TURKEY CREEK (39)-0594 |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Florida Forest Service | BLUEBERRY (39)-0587 |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (20) DEMPSEY BARRON FIRE |
| 20 August 1993 | Natural | 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Woods | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hosford | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Sweetwater | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Telogia | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Conners Ford | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lowry | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Fawn Ford | 7.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 304762. 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.