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Cana, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West St. Lucie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34987. The Survey maps it on the Fort Pierce SW quadrangle.

Cana within St. Lucie County

Then and now

1953 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 35 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cana, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Cana, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Cana between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,014 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural33
Debris and open burning13
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
22 September 2016Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceYEE FARM (56)
6 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresFlorida Forest Service(SL) PIE ISLAND 2 (451)
5 August 2020Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCROSSTOWN ON RAMP(56)
27 August 2018Natural10 acresFlorida Forest ServicePOWERLINE (56)
21 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHIGH FENCE (56)
2 August 2015Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSADDLEBROOK (56)
2 August 2010Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Service(SL) PIE ISLAND (445)
13 August 2015Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSINGLE PINE (56)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lucie County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cana: 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Riverland Grove - Riverland Grove MineSandUnknown
St. Lucie MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Florida Aggregates Inter-Group - Inter-Gp. MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Florida Rock Industries - Ft. PierceLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Florida Rock Industries, Inc. - Fort Pierce SouthLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in St. Lucie 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
Carlton5.6 miles15
Port Saint Lucie7.6 miles16
River Park8.0 miles16
White City10.5 miles16
Collins Park Estates11.1 miles16
Indian River Estates11.2 miles16
Cortez Estates12.0 miles20
Ankona12.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 307905. 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.