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Caleb, Florida

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32221. It stands on McGirts Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marietta quadrangle.

Caleb within Duval County

Then and now

1917 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Caleb, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Caleb, surveyed 1917

Compare 1917 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

318 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 318 fires within 5 miles of Caleb between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,872 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 51 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
Equipment and vehicle use100
Arson/incendiarism51
Misuse of fire by a minor50
Natural39
Railroad operations and maintenance28
Debris and open burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2

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
7 September 1999Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1999Natural11 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2003-07-1098
2 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use19 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 August 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance3.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Caleb: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium. 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
Unnamed Titanium DepositTitaniumProspect

Every working recorded in Duval 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
Normandy Village2.7 miles21
Whitehouse2.8 miles21
Jacksonville Heights3.0 miles21
Halsema3.0 miles21
Brightsville3.3 miles21
North Oak Hill3.5 miles21
Oak Hill Park3.6 miles24
Sweetwater3.6 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 279825. 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.