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College Park, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hastings census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32084. It stands on Oyster Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Augustine quadrangle.

College Park within St. Johns County

Then and now

1937 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of College Park, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of College Park, surveyed 1937

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

432 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 432 fires within 5 miles of College Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,673 acres in total. 88 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 use108
Natural88
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Arson/incendiarism51
Misuse of fire by a minor35
Recreation and ceremony34
Railroad operations and maintenance27
Debris and open burning23
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks1

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 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWINN DIXIE (55)
6 September 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 1999Natural11 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2020Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSAN SEBASTIAN (55)
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 1993Natural75 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresFlorida Forest ServiceN. WASHINGTON ST. (55)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Johns County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of College Park: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand. 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
St. Johns Co. Rd. and Bridge - Woodlawn PitSandProducer
Anastasia Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mclead Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Johns County

Storms near this place

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names College Park in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2022Thunderstorm WindCollege Park-Trees were blown down onto power lines from thunderstorm winds. The time of damage was based on radar.
September 2022Flash FloodCollege Park-At 9:48 am on 9/29, the public reported flooding on Avenida Menendez Blvd and the closure of the Bridge of Lions. due to storm surge and fresh-water rainfall flooding in St. Augustine. At 11:02 am on 9/29, emergency management reported flash flood water was entering homes about 2 miles NW of St. Augustine. At 11:10 am, flood water was over Kings Street in St. Augustine. At 11:13 pm, a public reported of storm total Ian rainfall in Elkton was 9.51 inches.
September 2020FloodCollege Park-At 1625, a trained storm spotter reported heavy rain caused street flooding up to 1 ft deep in some areas in the vicinity of St. Augustine. Roads impacted by flood water included State Road 312, State Road 207 and US Route 1. Cars were stalled in flood water. At 1730, Emergency Management reported roads were closed in St. Augustine due to flood water. Road closures included San Sebastian Bridge and King Street from Ponce de Leon Blvd to past Whitney Street.
June 2017Heavy RainCollege Park-Rainfall measured since midnight was 2.59 inches.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindCollege Park-A tree was blown down and blocked the roadway.
March 2013HailCollege Park-Quarter size hail was reported at 241 Churchill Drive.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindCollege Park-The county 911 center reported power lines were blown down on Butler Avenue west of St. Augustine.
May 2011Funnel CloudCollege Park-A funnel cloud was observed on Whitney Street.

Every storm recorded in St. Johns 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
Moultrie Junction1.1 miles13
Saint Augustine2.2 miles13
Nombre de Dios (historical)2.3 miles13
El Rey Residential Court2.3 miles13
Davis Shores3.1 miles13
Woodlawn3.3 miles13
Anastasia3.4 miles13
Saint Augustine South3.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 307916. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.