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.
Then and now
1915 to 1993The 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.


Compare 1915 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1915 USGS Interlachen quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Interlachen quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1944 USGS Interlachen quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Baywood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Interlachen quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Saint Augustine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Baywood quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
231 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 69 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2013 | Natural | 140 acres | Florida Forest Service | GREENCAMP (54) |
| 18 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PUTNAM-SELMA FIRE |
| 18 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PUTNAM -NORMANS FIRE |
| 18 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PUTNAM - STEPHEN FIRE |
| 1 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | RED FISH(54) |
| 6 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PUTNAM/TALL GRASS FIRE |
| 3 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones H J Titanium Deposit 2 | Titanium | Prospect | ||
| Traxler Peat - Florahome Mine | Peat | Producer | Peat |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carraway | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Florahome | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Bardin | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Grandin | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Georges Lake | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Springside | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Hollister | 6.7 miles | 21 | |
| Springside Park | 6.8 miles | 17 |
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.









