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Bel-Air, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sanford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32771. The Survey maps it on the Sanford quadrangle.

Bel-Air within Seminole County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bel-Air, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Bel-Air, surveyed 1955

On record in Bel-Air

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 3 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Bel-Air between 1992 and 2018, burning about 354 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 3 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
Railroad operations and maintenance25
Natural15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
27 September 2010Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF-64-REED ELLIS
2 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF-STONE ISLAND ROAD
26 August 2002Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 August 1993Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceOUT THERE (03)
11 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF LAKE MONROE CONSERVATION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bel-Air: 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Seminole 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
Wynwood0.4 miles14
Roseland Park0.4 miles12
Sanlanta0.6 miles14
Highland Park0.9 miles14
Sanford1.1 miles14
Midway1.3 miles12
Park View1.4 miles14
Dreamworld1.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278406. 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.