Florence, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the St. Augustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32092. It lies near Jack Wright Island. The Survey maps it on the Picolata quadrangle.

Florence within St. Johns County

Then and now

1947 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Florence, surveyed 1991

Topographic sheet of Florence, surveyed 1947

Compare 1947 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

1947 USGS Bostwick quadrangle1:50000
1949 USGS Bostwick quadrangle1:62500
1949 USGS Picolata quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Saint Augustine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1991 USGS Picolata quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Florence between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,355 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 12 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	31
Equipment and vehicle use	27
Debris and open burning	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Arson/incendiarism	12
Railroad operations and maintenance	10
Misuse of fire by a minor	9
Fireworks	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
8 September 1999	Natural	30 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
24 September 2010	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	WF-55-DEN STREET
17 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
17 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
27 August 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	1.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
2 August 1999	Natural	2.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
2 August 1999	Natural	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
2 August 1999	Natural	5.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Johns 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Palmo	1.7 miles	13
Elwood	1.9 miles	13
Orangedale	2.3 miles	18
Julia (historical)	3.6 miles	18
Whites Ford	3.7 miles	18
Blacks Ford	4.0 miles	18
Saint Johns	4.1 miles	13
Bass Haven	4.4 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 307855. 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.