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Boden, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Deltona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32764. The Survey maps it on the Osteen quadrangle. It stands 26 feet above sea level.

Boden within Volusia 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 Boden, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Boden, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

413 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 413 fires within 5 miles of Boden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,475 acres in total. 219 started naturally. 19 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
Natural219
Missing data/not specified/undetermined60
Debris and open burning31
Railroad operations and maintenance25
Equipment and vehicle use22
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Arson/incendiarism19
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes2
Fireworks1
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
6 September 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF STARTING GATE
5 September 2007Natural52 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF BREAK-91 9/05/07
4 September 2006Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF PASTURE # 2
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHEAP OF HEAVEN (59)
29 September 2016Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePLANET (64)
29 September 2016Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBLACK LAKE (64)
29 September 2016Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCORRAL POWERLINES (64)
29 September 2016Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINE STAND (64)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Volusia 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
Kalamazoo1.1 miles14
Lemon Bluff2.0 miles12
Osteen2.1 miles12
Farmton3.6 miles14
Cow Creek5.2 miles14
Pennichaw6.8 miles14
Lake Ashby Shores7.4 miles12
Alamana7.6 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q4936479The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 301657. 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.