Eden, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Port St. Lucie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34957. It lies near Nettles Island. The Survey maps it on the Eden quadrangle.
Then and now
1948 to 1988The 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 sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1948 USGS Eden quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Eden quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Eden between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,142 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 8 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 | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GOLDEN ROD RD(43) |
| 14 August 1996 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2012 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | SAVANNAH RD. (43) |
| 4 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | THE PINES (43) |
| 31 July 1998 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Eden: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jensen Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eden in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2020 | Heavy Rain | Eden | - | CoCoRaHS, mesonet and Cooperative observer reports, along with reports from SKYWARN spotters and Emergency Management officials indicated that rainfall totals reached eight to nearly fifteen inches between the early morning hours of October 1 and the early evening of October 4. Observations over twelve inches were received from three recording stations within Jensen Beach, Port St. Lucie and Fort Pierce (highest value was from a Weather Underground mesonet site in Ft. Pierce; 14.88 inches). |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walton | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Waveland | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Eldred | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Ankona | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Port Saint Lucie | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| River Park | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Indian River Estates | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Collins Park Estates | 7.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 307944. 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.







