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Bellwood, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Titusville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32780. It lies near Burns Hammock. The Survey maps it on the Titusville quadrangle.

Bellwood within Brevard County

Then and now

1949 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 30 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bellwood, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Bellwood, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

252 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Bellwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 21,142 acres in total. 96 started naturally. 35 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
Natural96
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Arson/incendiarism35
Equipment and vehicle use23
Railroad operations and maintenance21
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Recreation and ceremony11
Debris and open burning9
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
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
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCAROLE AVE (O5)
16 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2010Recreation and ceremony4.3 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALYNA (05)
1 September 2000Natural500 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2017Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePHYLLIS (5)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brevard 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 Bellwood: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Limestone, General. 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
F&W Mines - Hwy 520 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Kirschenbaum Co. - Ti-Co PitSandProducer

Every working recorded in Brevard 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
Delespine1.0 miles14
Port Saint John1.9 miles14
Frontenac3.2 miles14
South Titusville3.5 miles14
Indian River City3.9 miles14
Williams Point4.1 miles14
Courtenay5.2 miles13
Sharpes5.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278468. 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.