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Davis Shores, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the St. Augustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32080. It stands on Salt Run. The Survey maps it on the Saint Augustine quadrangle.

Davis Shores 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 Davis Shores, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Davis Shores, surveyed 1937

On record in Davis Shores

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 11 records

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

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

276 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of Davis Shores between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,197 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 32 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 use84
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Natural36
Arson/incendiarism32
Recreation and ceremony32
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Debris and open burning8
Smoking4
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
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)
19 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Johns 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 Davis Shores: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Anastasia Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mclead Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working 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
Anastasia0.8 miles13
Saint Augustine0.9 miles13
Nombre de Dios (historical)1.1 miles13
Vilano Beach1.5 miles13
Moultrie Junction2.0 miles13
El Rey Residential Court2.5 miles13
College Park3.1 miles13
Woodlawn3.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 307932. 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.