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Eldora, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the New Smyrna Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32169. It lies near Orange Island. The Survey maps it on the Ariel quadrangle.

Eldora within Volusia County

Then and now

1950 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Eldora, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Eldora, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 against another survey:

On record in Eldora

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

175 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Eldora between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,536 acres in total. 59 started naturally. 19 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
Natural59
Equipment and vehicle use31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism19
Recreation and ceremony12
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking1

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
26 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Service645
23 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance14 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF-64-CLINTON CEMETARY RD.
2 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2013Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBEACON LIGHT (64)

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
Ariel2.4 miles11
Bethune Beach2.9 miles11
Packwood Place3.3 miles11
Oak Hill3.6 miles14
Hucomer4.1 miles12
Creighton5.6 miles12
Edgewater7.0 miles12
Edgewater Junction8.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 282146. 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.