BlockAurantia, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Titusville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32754. The Survey maps it on the Aurantia quadrangle.
Then and now
1950 to 1979The 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 sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1950 USGS Aurantia quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Titusville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
171 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Aurantia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 26,139 acres in total. 65 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1996 | Natural | 45 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | DAY OFF (05) |
| 3 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | DITCH FIRE |
| 29 September 2009 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BEST WESTERN (O5) |
| 27 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | OUTBOARD (O5) |
| 26 September 2018 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BIG TIRE - (05) |
| 26 September 2018 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | HORSESHOE FIRE (05) |
| 26 September 2016 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | DEERING (5) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnbull | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Holiday Village Travel Park | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Scottsmoor | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Wiley | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mims | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Southmere | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| East Mims | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Shiloh | 6.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 277998. 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.