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Beechwood, Florida

23 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 32246. The Survey maps it on the Arlington quadrangle.

Beechwood 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 Beechwood, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Beechwood, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Beechwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,021 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 26 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 use49
Natural39
Arson/incendiarism26
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
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
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2011Natural32 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHODGES TWO (16)
5 August 2006Natural5.6 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWATER PLANT FIRE 2006-07-0269
3 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePARKWAY II (16)
3 August 1998Natural150 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2011Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSKINNER (16)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Beechwood: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Titanium, Zirconium. 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
Humphries Gold Corp MineTitanium, ZirconiumPast Producer
Jacksonville PlacerTitanium-Heavy MineralsProducerRutile, Zircon, Ilmenite

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
Southridge0.7 miles23
Center Park0.8 miles23
Sans Pareil1.3 miles26
Sandalwood1.8 miles23
Southside Estates2.2 miles23
Azalea Terrace2.4 miles23
Killarney Shores2.6 miles23
Hogan3.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 307123. 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.