BlockCedar Point, Florida
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32226. It stands on Garden Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mayport quadrangle.
Then and now
1918 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1918 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1918 USGS Mayport quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Mayport quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Mayport quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Mayport quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
70 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Point between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,742 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 7 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 | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve | PALM TREE |
| 2 September 2014 | Natural | 3.6 acres | Florida Forest Service | GATE FORTY TWO (16) |
| 19 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 16-BONEY FIRE-2010-07-0487 |
| 18 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | BIG TALBOT FIRE 2006-07-0268 |
| 28 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve | PUMPKIN#1 |
| 27 August 1999 | Natural | 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort George Island | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Mayport | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Fort Caroline | 4.4 miles | 24 | |
| Fulton | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Beacon Hills | 4.8 miles | 24 | |
| East Mayport (historical) | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| East Mayport | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Black Hammock | 5.5 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295185. 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.