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Courtenay, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Merritt Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32953. The Survey maps it on the Courtenay quadrangle.

Courtenay 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 Courtenay, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Courtenay, surveyed 1949

On record in Courtenay

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

193 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Courtenay between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,762 acres in total. 100 started naturally. 20 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
Natural100
Arson/incendiarism20
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony9
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2
Debris and open burning2
Other causes1
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
2 September 2002Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCAROLE AVE (O5)
16 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeSTONE
16 September 1995Naturalunder an acreMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeTEL-4-BK-W
1 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2017Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePHYLLIS (5)
6 August 2015Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGROVE (05)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brevard County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Courtenay: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
F&W Mines - Hwy 520 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Kings Park PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
North Merritt Island1.6 miles13
Frontenac2.9 miles14
Williams Point2.9 miles14
Audubon3.0 miles13
Sharpes3.2 miles14
Indianola4.2 miles13
City Point4.3 miles14
Delespine4.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 280900. 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.