BlockGlenwood, Florida
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Yulee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32097. The Survey maps it on the Saint Marys quadrangle.
Then and now
1918 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 75 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:
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 23 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 St Marys quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS St Marys quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1919 USGS St. Marys quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS St Marys quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS St. Marys quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS St Marys quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS St. Marys quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS St Marys quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS St. Marys quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
146 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Glenwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 700 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 19 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RUBIN DAVIS LANE (45) |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SWEETBRIAR (45) |
| 4 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FRANK WARD RD (45) |
| 3 August 1993 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 45 CHESTER ROAD 2007-07-0498 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chester | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| O'Neil | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Fernandina Beach | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Old Fernandina | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Yulee | 4.7 miles | 23 | |
| Yulee Heights | 5.3 miles | 22 | |
| Hedges | 5.7 miles | 22 | |
| Becker | 6.1 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294787. 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.