BlockWoftoka, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort White census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32038. The Survey maps it on the Fort White quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 27 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
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Fort White quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
154 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Woftoka (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 985 acres in total. 6 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 | 52 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HILLIARD LN(12) |
| 11 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | DEVON PLACE (12) |
| 1 September 1997 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 1999 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SANDERS WAY (12) |
| 22 July 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MILL (12) |
| 1 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 06-12- HAZEL LEE FIRE -1086 |
| 7 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ELIM CHURCH ROAD (12) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollingsworth Bluff | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Fort White | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Mikesville | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Ellisville | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Mason | 12.1 miles | 9 | |
| Columbia | 13.1 miles | 8 | |
| Myrtis | 13.6 miles | 9 | |
| Bass | 15.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294494. 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.