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Canaan, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sanford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32771. It lies near Beck Hammock. The Survey maps it on the Osteen quadrangle.

Canaan within Seminole County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Canaan, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Canaan, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Canaan between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,579 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 5 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
Natural43
Railroad operations and maintenance29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1

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
27 September 2010Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF-64-REED ELLIS
2 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2008Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF LAKE MONROE
8 August 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF-STONE ISLAND ROAD
3 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance65 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2002Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 August 1993Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole 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 Canaan: 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Seminole 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
Beck Hammock0.3 miles12
Midway0.4 miles12
Indian Mound Village1.0 miles12
Roseland Park1.3 miles12
Wynwood1.6 miles14
Bel-Air1.7 miles14
Sanlanta2.3 miles14
Cameron City2.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 279960. 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.