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De Leon Springs Heights, Florida

9 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 Lake Dias quadrangle.

De Leon Springs Heights 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 De Leon Springs Heights, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of De Leon Springs Heights, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

182 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of De Leon Springs Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,081 acres in total. 68 started naturally. 6 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
Natural68
Debris and open burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSPRING GARDEN (64)
6 September 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF ARREDONDO 0718
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceFEASERS & 17 (64)
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceREYNOLDS ROAD FIRE(64)
4 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF STRAWN FIRE

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
De Leon Springs2.2 miles10
Conrad3.6 miles8
Glenwood4.2 miles10
DeLand Highlands5.6 miles10
Tallahasse - Yuchi (historical)5.6 miles10
Barberville6.3 miles8
Cypress Lake Estates6.3 miles10
North DeLand6.4 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122555135The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 281362. 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.