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Denver, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Crescent City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32112. The Survey maps it on the Crescent City quadrangle.

Denver within Putnam County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Denver, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Denver, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

156 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Denver between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,226 acres in total. 56 started naturally. 14 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
Natural56
Debris and open burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism14
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
30 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCRAWFORD RD (54)
28 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceJUMPING GULLY(54)
9 August 1993Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMC GRADY (54)
6 August 2020Natural8.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSILVER POND (64)
6 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/LINE DOWN FIRE
5 August 2006Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF TROY ROAD
5 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/BUMPY FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Denver: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Burt Burden - Burden MineClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Putnam 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
Crescent City Station0.8 miles10
Hammond1.6 miles10
Mount Royal1.8 miles10
Crescent City2.0 miles10
Shirley Place2.0 miles10
Huntington2.8 miles10
Georgetown6.0 miles11
Lake Como6.0 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 281506. 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.