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Allandale, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Port Orange census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32127. The Survey maps it on the New Smyrna Beach quadrangle.

Allandale within Volusia County

Then and now

1937 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 41 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Allandale, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Allandale, surveyed 1937

Compare 1937 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Allandale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 986 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 10 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
Natural41
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism10
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
18 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF VILLAGE LANE-0739
3 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF-64-SPRUCE CREEK PRESERVE
3 August 1992Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 1992Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 2013Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceART CENTER (64)
16 August 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 August 1997Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 August 1996Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Volusia County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allandale in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2018Thunderstorm WindAllandale-A trained spotter reported wind damage associated with a severe thunderstorm in Port Orange. The spotter reported four trees were uprooted on Williamson Boulevard about a quarter mile north of Pioneer Trail. Two of the trees were blocking the roadway. Estimated winds of 60 mph with this storm.

Every storm recorded in Volusia County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Harbor Oaks1.0 miles16
Wilbur-by-the-Sea1.2 miles14
Port Orange1.5 miles14
Halifax Estates1.9 miles14
Ponce Inlet2.7 miles16
Pickwick Village3.1 miles13
South Daytona3.4 miles13
Daytona Beach Shores3.8 miles14

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.

Wikipedia article on AllandaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4731082The 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 277752. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.