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Grant, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Malabar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32949. It stands on Trout Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grant quadrangle.

Grant within Brevard County

Then and now

1949 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Grant, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Grant, surveyed 1949

On record in Grant

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

8 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

162 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Grant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,364 acres in total. 64 started naturally. 17 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
Natural64
Equipment and vehicle use34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism17
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWAGON (05)
30 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-12-1080 INDIAN RIVER
4 August 1996Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceRATTLESNAKE (05)
31 August 2001Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2015Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRAMBLEBROOK (05)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brevard 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 Grant: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand. 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
Sumterville Lime Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Villasol Realty Co. - Villasol PitSandProducer

Every working recorded in Brevard County

Storms near this place

6 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grant in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 2 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 1 death and 3 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2004LightningGrant1 killed, 2 hurtA woman taking shelter from thunderstorm rain under a tree on a spoil island in the Indian River Lagoon was killed by lightning. Her 10 year old son and a 21 year old woman were seriously injured by the strike.
August 1997LightningGrant1 hurtA bolt of lightning struck a tree and then injured a woman who was camping on a spoil island in the Indian River Lagoon east of Grant.
May 2024HailGrant-Public reports quarter size hail in Floridana Beach near the intersection of Amigos Rd and Floridana Ave.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindGrant-Thunderstorm winds blew down tree branches and power lines in Grant.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindGrant-Thunderstorm winds blew down tree branches and power lines in Grant.
May 1998HailGrant-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Brevard 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
Evans Pines1.8 miles17
Floridana Beach2.0 miles17
Grant-Valkaria2.5 miles16
Melbourne Shores2.5 miles16
Valkaria2.6 miles16
Ballard Pines2.7 miles17
Micco3.6 miles16
Malabar5.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 283280. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.