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Fort Caroline, Florida

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32225. It lies near Calypso Island. The Survey maps it on the Eastport quadrangle.

Fort Caroline within Duval County

Then and now

1918 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fort Caroline, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Fort Caroline, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

On record in Fort Caroline

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Fort Caroline between 1992 and 2020, burning about 293 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 4 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
Equipment and vehicle use21
Natural16
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTimucuan Ecological & Historic PreservePALM TREE
2 September 2014Natural3.6 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGATE FORTY TWO (16)
5 August 2006Natural5.6 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWATER PLANT FIRE 2006-07-0269
28 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTimucuan Ecological & Historic PreservePUMPKIN#1
24 August 1993Natural2.0 acresFort Caroline National MemorialWILEMA
31 July 1996Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 July 1992Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fort Caroline: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
A C Skinner DepositThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumPast Producer
U S Gypsum/ Jacksonville, Fla.Gypsum-AnhydritePlant

Every working recorded in Duval 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
Fulton0.4 miles21
Beacon Hills0.5 miles24
San Pablo Patali (historical)1.6 miles23
Cosmo1.7 miles23
New Berlin2.9 miles24
Yellow Bluff Fort3.1 miles24
Dames Point3.1 miles24
Gilmore3.3 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295289. 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.