Dupont Center, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Matanzas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32086. The Survey maps it on the Saint Augustine Beach quadrangle.
Then and now
1937 to 1981The 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 sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1937 USGS Crescent Beach quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS St. Augustine quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS St. Augustine Beach quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Saint Augustine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
252 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Dupont Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,682 acres in total. 133 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 133 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1993 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Natural | 75 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2008 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | WF- EVANS GRADE |
| 7 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CLEAR CUT (55) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saybrook | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Crescent Beach | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Augustine Shores | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Butler Beach | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Cedar Landing | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Moultrie | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Fort Matanzas | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Fort Peyton | 5.3 miles | 14 |
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 Q122589904 | The 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 307938. 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.






