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Federal Point, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the East Palatka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32131. It sits by Palmetto Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Hastings quadrangle.

Federal Point within Putnam County

Then and now

1912 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Federal Point, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Federal Point, surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 against another survey:

On record in Federal Point

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Federal Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,158 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 20 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
Natural48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Debris and open burning25
Equipment and vehicle use22
Arson/incendiarism20
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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
28 September 2018Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBRIDGEPORT RD (54)
20 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePALMETTO(54)
19 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/MILLICAN RD FIRE
18 September 2016Natural49 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFOREST CREEK 2 (54)
14 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/RUN AWAY FIRE
9 August 1995Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2011Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service542(54)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam 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
Bridgeport1.4 miles13
Clay Landing2.1 miles13
Fairview2.6 miles16
Cypress Point4.2 miles16
Grandview4.4 miles16
Patersonville4.6 miles16
Orange Mills4.6 miles16
Bostwick5.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 282404. 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.