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Baywood, Florida

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Interlachen-Florahome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32177. The Survey maps it on the Baywood quadrangle.

Baywood within Putnam County

Then and now

1915 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Baywood, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Baywood, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

231 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Baywood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,332 acres in total. 69 started naturally. 27 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
Natural69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Debris and open burning33
Equipment and vehicle use30
Railroad operations and maintenance27
Arson/incendiarism27
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
2 September 2013Natural140 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGREENCAMP (54)
18 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM-SELMA FIRE
18 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM -NORMANS FIRE
18 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM - STEPHEN FIRE
1 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceRED FISH(54)
6 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/TALL GRASS FIRE
3 August 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Baywood: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Peat. 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
Jones H J Titanium Deposit 2TitaniumProspect
Traxler Peat - Florahome MinePeatProducerPeat

Every working 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
Carraway1.7 miles21
Florahome3.7 miles21
Bardin4.9 miles17
Grandin5.5 miles21
Georges Lake5.8 miles13
Springside6.2 miles17
Hollister6.7 miles21
Springside Park6.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294670. 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.