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Araquey, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the St. Augustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32095. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Augustine quadrangle.

Araquey within St. Johns County

Then and now

1937 to 1981

The 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 sheet of Araquey, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Araquey, surveyed 1937

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

247 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Araquey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,299 acres in total. 50 started naturally. 23 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
Equipment and vehicle use78
Natural50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Arson/incendiarism23
Recreation and ceremony18
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Debris and open burning6
Smoking3
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWINN DIXIE (55)
5 September 2020Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSAN SEBASTIAN (55)
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresFlorida Forest ServiceN. WASHINGTON ST. (55)
19 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Johns County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Araquey: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
St. Johns Co. Rd. and Bridge - Woodlawn PitSandProducer

Every working recorded in St. Johns County

Storms near this place

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Araquey in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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
July 2022Thunderstorm WindAraquey$1,000St. Johns county 911 call center reported power lines down along Bay Street and Bruyn Street. Time was estimated by radar.
August 2025Heavy RainAraquey-A private weather station located northwest of St. Augustine measured 2.4 inches of rainfall from around 1:30 am to 2:45 am.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindAraquey-A spotter estimated wind gusts of 60 mph.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindAraquey-Trees and power lines were blown down near the county jail along Old Lewis Speedway. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindAraquey-A tree was blown down on a power line along Woodlawn Road.
June 2017Heavy RainAraquey-Daily measured rainfall since midnight was 3.24 inches.
June 2017Heavy RainAraquey-A home weather station measured 2.65 inches of rainfall since midnight.
January 2011Funnel CloudAraquey-A funnel cloud was reported about two miles north of Highway 312 in St. Augustine.

Every storm recorded in St. Johns 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
Woodlawn1.1 miles13
Usina Beach1.8 miles13
Casa Cola1.8 miles13
El Rey Residential Court2.1 miles13
Vilano Beach3.0 miles13
Nombre de Dios (historical)3.4 miles13
Saint Augustine3.8 miles13
Moultrie Junction3.8 miles13

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 Q122562598The 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 307875. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.