BlockWiley, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Titusville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32754. The Survey maps it on the Mims quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 30 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 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.
- 1949 USGS Mims quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Mims quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Titusville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
119 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Wiley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,400 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 16 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 | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1996 | Natural | 45 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | DAY OFF (05) |
| 26 September 2018 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BIG TIRE - (05) |
| 26 September 2016 | Natural | 120 acres | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | TEAL |
| 20 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | WEST GATOR CREEK FIRE |
| 7 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PALM (05) |
| 3 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Mims | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Mims | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Jay Jay | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Holiday Village Travel Park | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| La Grange | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Turnbull | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Titusville | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Aurantia | 4.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295709. 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.