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Conrad, Florida

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Pierson-Seville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32130. The Survey maps it on the Pierson quadrangle.

Conrad within Volusia County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

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 Conrad, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Conrad, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

218 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Conrad between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,828 acres in total. 92 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
Natural92
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Debris and open burning27
Equipment and vehicle use22
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking2
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
9 September 2006Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF- 660 SR40
5 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF ARREDONDO 0718
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceFEASERS & 17 (64)
3 September 2000Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceREYNOLDS ROAD FIRE(64)
12 September 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBLUFFTON MARSH (64)
7 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBLUFFTON RD. (64)
6 August 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Volusia 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
Barberville2.8 miles8
De Leon Springs3.2 miles10
De Leon Springs Heights3.6 miles9
Glenwood5.3 miles10
Emporia5.3 miles8
Eldridge5.3 miles8
Tallahasse - Yuchi (historical)6.4 miles10
Bluffton6.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 307801. 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.