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Arundel, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Indiantown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34997. The Survey maps it on the Indiantown SE quadrangle.

Arundel within Martin County

Then and now

1953 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 35 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Arundel, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Arundel, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

192 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Arundel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,399 acres in total. 88 started naturally. 8 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
Natural88
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use17
Debris and open burning15
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
9 September 1994Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2011Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceST ANDREWS (43)
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1995Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2012Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceEVANS RD. (43)
4 September 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(MA) MEADOWS (509)
12 September 1996Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Martin 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 Arundel: 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
Sheltra and Sons - Melear PitSandProducer

Every working recorded in Martin 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
Tropical Park1.3 miles17
Queens Park1.8 miles17
Palm City5.8 miles17
Coral Gardens5.8 miles16
Pinelake Gardens Estates6.0 miles18
Port Salerno6.5 miles16
Golden Gate6.7 miles16
Fruita7.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294658. 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.