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Beacon Hills, Florida

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32225. It stands on Shipyard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eastport quadrangle.

Beacon Hills within Duval County

Then and now

1918 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Beacon Hills, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Beacon Hills, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

On record in Beacon Hills

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Beacon Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 292 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 4 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
Equipment and vehicle use22
Natural17
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1

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
8 September 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2014Natural3.6 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGATE FORTY TWO (16)
5 August 2006Natural5.6 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWATER PLANT FIRE 2006-07-0269
3 August 1994Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 1993Natural2.0 acresFort Caroline National MemorialWILEMA
5 July 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePINEWOOD (16)
31 July 1996Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 July 1992Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval 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 Beacon Hills: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
A C Skinner DepositThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumPast Producer
U S Gypsum/ Jacksonville, Fla.Gypsum-AnhydritePlant

Every working recorded in Duval 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
Fort Caroline0.5 miles24
Fulton0.8 miles21
San Pablo Patali (historical)1.2 miles23
Cosmo1.3 miles23
New Berlin2.6 miles24
Dames Point2.7 miles24
Yellow Bluff Fort2.8 miles24
Gilmore2.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278269. 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.