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Favoretta, 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 32110. The Survey maps it on the Favoretta quadrangle.

Favoretta 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 Favoretta, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Favoretta, 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

331 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 331 fires within 5 miles of Favoretta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,832 acres in total. 190 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
Natural190
Equipment and vehicle use64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning12
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
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
7 September 1999Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2006Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF-MONAGHAN DRIVE
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF SW PLANTATION BAY
3 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined72 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF-18 DRY LAKE
18 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF-64-TYMBER CREEK
16 September 2007Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF-NE BROADWAY POWERLINE
13 September 1993Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Flagler County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Favoretta in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFavoretta$1,000A tree was blown down and blocked traffic across the Interstate 95 southbound ramp at exit 278. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
June 2013LightningFavoretta$500Lightning struck two homes in the Plantation Bay subdivision. The cost of electrical damage was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. The estimated is likely an underestimate.
July 2020Heavy RainFavoretta-The EM reported 1.79 inches was measured in 30 minutes in the Bulow area.
March 2015HailFavoretta-Dime size hail was reported near Eagle Rock.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindFavoretta-Thunderstorm wind gusts blew down a small barn. Debris from the small barn was blown into a larger barn. There was substantial damage to the structures, but the cost of damage was unknown. The time of the event was based on radar imagery.

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
Korona3.0 miles14
Dupont4.9 miles14
Relay6.5 miles9
Codys Corner7.4 miles9
Flagler Beach7.9 miles14
Bunnell8.1 miles9
Black Point8.9 miles9
Deanville9.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294008. 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.

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.