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City Point, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cocoa-Rockledge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32926. The Survey maps it on the Sharpes quadrangle.

City Point within Brevard County

Then and now

1949 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 32 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of City Point, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of City Point, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

307 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 307 fires within 5 miles of City Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,626 acres in total. 93 started naturally. 61 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
Natural93
Arson/incendiarism61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Railroad operations and maintenance27
Equipment and vehicle use26
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Recreation and ceremony14
Debris and open burning10
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks3
Other causes1

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
8 September 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1998Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1996Debris and open burning4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2002Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1996Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCAROLE AVE (O5)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brevard County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of City Point: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Kings Park PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pluckeybaum PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
W W G Asphalt Company, Inc. - ArabethClayProducer
W W G Asphalt Company, Inc. - Aredurable MiningClayProducer
Wwg Asphalt Company, Inc. - Arabeth MineClayUnknown
Wwg Asphalt Company, Inc. - Aredurable Mining MineClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Brevard 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
Cocoa1.6 miles13
Sharpes1.8 miles14
Indianola2.3 miles13
Williams Point2.9 miles14
North Merritt Island3.2 miles13
Tropical Park3.3 miles13
Frontenac3.9 miles14
Rockledge4.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295194. 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.