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Bon Terra, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Flagler Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32137. It stands on Big Mulberry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Beverly Beach quadrangle.

Bon Terra within Flagler County

Then and now

1927 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 54 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bon Terra, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Bon Terra, surveyed 1927

Compare 1927 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Bon Terra between 1992 and 2017, burning about 315 acres in total. 56 started naturally. 17 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
Natural56
Equipment and vehicle use18
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism17
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2
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 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF MATANZAS WOODS/BELL TERRE
16 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDAVIS GRADE 2 -18
14 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF-BELLE TERRE 0733
1 September 2005Natural18 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF-KELLY
1 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLANSING LANE
9 August 2011Natural6.2 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDAVIS GRADE (18)
8 August 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1994Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Flagler 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
Palm Coast1.1 miles14
Painters Hill3.8 miles14
Beverly Beach5.2 miles14
Marineland6.2 miles13
Flagler Beach8.0 miles14
Espanola8.2 miles14
Neoga8.7 miles14
Bunnell8.8 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295145. 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.