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Audubon, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Space Center census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32953. The Survey maps it on the Courtenay quadrangle.

Audubon within Brevard County

Then and now

1949 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 32 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Audubon, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Audubon, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Audubon between 1992 and 2018, burning about 5,946 acres in total. 64 started naturally. 6 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
Natural64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
16 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeSTONE
16 September 1995Naturalunder an acreMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeTEL-4-BK-W
6 August 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeEXPLORER
6 August 1994Naturalunder an acreMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeMIKE'S FIR
31 August 2009Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINE ISLAND (O-5)
20 August 2010Natural7.0 acresMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeBIT
14 August 1993Natural2.0 acresMerritt Island National Wildlife Refuge8.2 NO
11 August 2000Natural10 acresMerritt Island National Wildlife Refuge10TH ST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brevard 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 Audubon: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Kings Park PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Brevard County

Storms near this place

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Audubon in 1 storm report in 2008: 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
May 2008Thunderstorm WindAudubon-A wind of 66 knots was reported at a USAF weather tower at Cape Canaveral station.

Every storm recorded in Brevard 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
North Merritt Island2.6 miles13
Courtenay3.0 miles13
Cape Canaveral3.6 miles12
Indianola4.0 miles13
Tropical Park4.6 miles13
Sharpes5.3 miles14
City Point5.5 miles14
Williams Point5.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295101. 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.