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Ariel, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the New Smyrna Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32759. The Survey maps it on the Ariel quadrangle.

Ariel within Volusia County

Then and now

1950 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ariel, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Ariel, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

237 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Ariel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,967 acres in total. 78 started naturally. 25 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
Natural78
Equipment and vehicle use40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Arson/incendiarism25
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Debris and open burning15
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2

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
5 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Service645
23 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance14 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF-64-CLINTON CEMETARY RD.
2 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Volusia 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 Ariel: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Volusia Co. Rd. and Bridge - Oak Hill PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Volusia County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ariel in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 tornado. 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
June 2018Tornado (EF0)Ariel$10,000NWS Melbourne confirms a very weak, short-lived tornado (landspout) occurred in Oak Hill. Reports of minor roof damage was received from local broadcast media, and a first-hand account from a member of the public who witnessed the tornado. Several reports were received of minor damage to a few homes, and there was a carport damaged on Gary Avenue.

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
Eldora2.4 miles11
Oak Hill2.5 miles14
Packwood Place2.6 miles11
Hucomer2.8 miles12
Creighton3.2 miles12
Bethune Beach3.6 miles11
Edgewater6.4 miles12
Edgewater Junction6.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294656. 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.