Brookside, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Fellsmere census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32948. The Survey maps it on the Fellsmere quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1949 USGS Fellsmere quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Fellsmere quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Vero Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Vero Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
194 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Brookside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,042 acres in total. 96 started naturally. 10 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 | 96 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | FITZROY (31) |
| 18 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ARMADILLO (31) |
| 6 August 2008 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | (IR) OUT OF GAS (0556) |
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2001 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Brookside: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Fischer & Sons, Inc. - San Sebastian Spgs-E Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Henry Fischer & Sons,Inc. - San Sebastian Spgs-W Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vero Lake Estates | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Fellsmere | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Cummings | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Sebastian | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Roseland | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Wabasso | 6.3 miles | 19 | |
| Orchid | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| North Beach | 7.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295154. 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.







