Johns Ferry, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Crescent City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32112. It stands on Beecher Run. The Survey maps it on the Welaka quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Welaka quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Welaka quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
211 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Johns Ferry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,984 acres in total. 73 started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 73 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | LAKE WAY (54) |
| 30 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | OKLAWAHA |
| 2 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | RICHARD 42 |
| 19 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | LONGTREE ST.54) |
| 17 September 2013 | Other causes | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MARLIN (54) |
| 16 September 2010 | Natural | 1.4 acres | National Forests in Florida | FT. GATES 23 |
| 15 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | BLUE CRAB |
| 12 September 2010 | Natural | 1,097 acres | National Forests in Florida | FT GATES 22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Gates | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Fruitland | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Norwalk | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Georgetown | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Welaka | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Seminole Grove | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Huntington | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Nashua | 6.0 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122562929 | The 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 306904. 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.





