BlockWillow, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Parrish census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33598. The Survey maps it on the Wimauma quadrangle.
Then and now
1944 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 44 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
9 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.
- 1944 USGS Wimauma quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS Wimauma quadrangle1:25000
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Wimauma quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
147 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Willow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,032 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 7 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 | 36 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | STATE ROAD 62 (41) |
| 16 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | 41-CANKER FIRE-0442 |
| 1 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BISHOP ROAD (29) |
| 27 August 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 29 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parrish | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Erie | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Rye | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Bunker Hill | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Fort Hamer | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Manhattan | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Knoll | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Gillette | 10.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294975. 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.