BlockYbel, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sanibel Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33957. The Survey maps it on the Sanibel quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 25 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.
- 1956 USGS Charlotte Harbor quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sanibel quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Sanibel quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Ybel between 1993 and 2018, burning about 21 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge | DOF 196 |
| 3 May 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge | SCCF SPOT |
| 23 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge | BLAZER 16 |
| 18 March 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge | INDIGOTRL |
| 20 February 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge | DAY AFTER |
| 7 December 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge | SANCAPSHOP |
| 22 December 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge | LOU'S FIRE |
| 3 November 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SANIBEL INN (36) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanibel | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Saint James City | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Punta Rassa | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Fort Myers Beach | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wulfert | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Truckland | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Shell Point Village | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Aspen Indian Creek Park | 8.2 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122560147 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 293575. 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.