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.
Then and now
1927 to 1981The 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.


Compare 1927 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1927 USGS Matanzas quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Matanzas quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Matanzas quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beverly Beach quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Saint Augustine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
147 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WF MATANZAS WOODS/BELL TERRE |
| 16 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | DAVIS GRADE 2 -18 |
| 14 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WF-BELLE TERRE 0733 |
| 1 September 2005 | Natural | 18 acres | Florida Forest Service | WF-KELLY |
| 1 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | LANSING LANE |
| 9 August 2011 | Natural | 6.2 acres | Florida Forest Service | DAVIS GRADE (18) |
| 8 August 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 1994 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Coast | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Painters Hill | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Beverly Beach | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Marineland | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Flagler Beach | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Espanola | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Neoga | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bunnell | 8.8 miles | 9 |
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.







