BlockFort George Island, Florida
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32226. It lies near Batten Island. The Survey maps it on the Mayport quadrangle.
Then and now
1918 to 1994The 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.
Compare 1918 against another survey:
On record in Fort George Island
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Napoleon Bonaparte Broward Houselisted 1972 · 0.1 miles away
St. John's Lighthouselisted 1976 · 0.7 miles away
St. George Episcopal Churchlisted 2002 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1918 USGS Mayport quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Mayport quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Mayport quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Mayport quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Fort George Island between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve | PALM TREE |
| 28 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve | PUMPKIN#1 |
| 24 August 1993 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Fort Caroline National Memorial | WILEMA |
| 31 July 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve | GREEN TRAIL |
| 17 July 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve | CEDAR |
| 6 June 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 June 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayport | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| East Mayport (historical) | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| East Mayport | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Wonderwood | 2.5 miles | 26 | |
| Oak Harbor | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Manhattan Beach | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Cedar Point | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Fulton | 3.6 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295292. 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.