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Dupont, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Bunnell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32164. The Survey maps it on the Flagler Beach West quadrangle.

Dupont within Flagler County

Then and now

1937 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 41 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dupont, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Dupont, surveyed 1937

Compare 1937 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

411 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 411 fires within 5 miles of Dupont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,715 acres in total. 236 started naturally. 23 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
Natural236
Equipment and vehicle use57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Arson/incendiarism23
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMAPLE HAMMOCK (18)
7 September 1999Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceA STRICKLAND #2
6 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF- A STRICKLAND #1
6 September 1993Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF SW PLANTATION BAY
3 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined72 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Flagler County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dupont: 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Sand. 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
Dot Deland - Itt MineSandUnknown
Flagler Co. Rd. and Bridge - I-95 PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Unnamed Clay ProspectClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Flagler County

Storms near this place

1 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dupont in 1 storm report in 2004: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2004HailDupont-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Flagler 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
Korona2.0 miles14
Bunnell3.3 miles9
Black Point4.6 miles9
Favoretta4.9 miles14
Flagler Beach6.1 miles14
Espanola7.2 miles14
Beverly Beach7.3 miles14
Codys Corner7.4 miles9

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.

Wikipedia article on DupontAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5316034The 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 281882. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.