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Harbor Oaks, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Port Orange census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32127. It stands on Dead End Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Smyrna Beach quadrangle.

Harbor Oaks within Volusia County

Then and now

1937 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 41 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Harbor Oaks, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Harbor Oaks, surveyed 1937

Compare 1937 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Harbor Oaks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 518 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 10 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
Natural37
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning1

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
3 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF-64-SPRUCE CREEK PRESERVE
3 August 1992Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 1992Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF OVERPASS
22 August 2011Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWILLIAMS RD EAST (64)
17 August 2013Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceART CENTER (64)
14 August 1997Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 August 1996Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Volusia 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
Allandale1.0 miles16
Wilbur-by-the-Sea1.7 miles14
Ponce Inlet1.9 miles16
Port Orange2.5 miles14
Halifax Estates2.7 miles14
Isleboro3.2 miles16
Ponce Park3.2 miles16
Pickwick Village3.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 283714. 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.