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Bardin, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Palatka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32177. It stands on Simms Creek. The Survey maps it on the Palatka quadrangle.

Bardin within Putnam County

Then and now

1912 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bardin, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Bardin, surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

244 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Bardin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,948 acres in total. 99 started naturally. 17 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
Natural99
Equipment and vehicle use47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Debris and open burning23
Railroad operations and maintenance21
Arson/incendiarism17
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2013Natural20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRICE CREEK(54)
2 September 2013Natural140 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGREENCAMP (54)
17 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Service309C (54)
12 September 2006Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/JOHNS RD FIRE
11 September 2007Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/WILLIAM FIRE
11 September 2007Natural2.5 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/PLUM FIRE
9 August 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2011Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service309(54)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam 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
Springside2.8 miles17
Springside Park3.0 miles17
Carraway3.3 miles21
Rice Creek3.3 miles17
Pecan4.2 miles17
Teasdale4.4 miles17
Baywood4.9 miles21
Francis5.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294665. 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.