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Grant-Valkaria, 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. The Survey maps it on the Grant quadrangle. 4,509 people lived here at the 2020 count.

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

Population over time

2 figures

Grant-Valkaria grew from 3,850 to 4,509 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,850
20204,509+659 (+17%)

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

255 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Grant-Valkaria between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,198 acres in total. 92 started naturally. 32 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
Natural92
Equipment and vehicle use53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Arson/incendiarism32
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
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
30 September 1993Equipment 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
3 August 1999Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2015Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWHYNOT (05)
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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Grant-Valkaria: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Judith Baker - Baker MineSandUnknownSand
Pence Materials - Sanderson MineSandUnknown
Villasol Realty Co. - Villasol PitSandProducer

Every working 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
Valkaria2.2 miles16
Grant2.5 miles16
Melbourne Shores3.6 miles16
Floridana Beach4.0 miles17
Evans Pines4.2 miles17
Malabar4.4 miles13
Ballard Pines5.2 miles17
Micco5.5 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Grant-ValkariaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2154617The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2100906. 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.