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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.

Johns Ferry within Putnam County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Johns Ferry, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Johns Ferry, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

211 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural73
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Debris and open burning37
Arson/incendiarism14
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony6
Other causes4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLAKE WAY (54)
30 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaOKLAWAHA
2 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaRICHARD 42
19 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLONGTREE ST.54)
17 September 2013Other causesunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMARLIN (54)
16 September 2010Natural1.4 acresNational Forests in FloridaFT. GATES 23
15 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaBLUE CRAB
12 September 2010Natural1,097 acresNational Forests in FloridaFT GATES 22

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam 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
Fort Gates1.0 miles11
Fruitland1.1 miles11
Norwalk2.8 miles11
Georgetown3.1 miles11
Welaka3.3 miles11
Seminole Grove5.7 miles17
Huntington5.9 miles10
Nashua6.0 miles17

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 Q122562929The 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.