Julia, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Fruit Cove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32259. The Survey maps it on the Orangedale quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Julia within St. Johns County

Then and now

1917 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Julia (historical), surveyed 1993

Topographic sheet of Julia (historical), surveyed 1917

Compare 1917 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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.

1917 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:62500
1918 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
1952 USGS Orangedale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
1993 USGS Orangedale quadrangle1:24000

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 Julia (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,398 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 22 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	55
Equipment and vehicle use	43
Misuse of fire by a minor	30
Arson/incendiarism	22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19
Debris and open burning	17
Railroad operations and maintenance	16
Fireworks	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Recreation and ceremony	1

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
8 September 1999	Natural	30 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
17 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
17 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
14 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	210
3 August 1993	Natural	1.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
24 August 2014	Natural	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	SCRUBJAY DR (55)
2 August 1999	Natural	2.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
2 August 1999	Natural	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Johns 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Blacks Ford	1.2 miles	18
San Diego Salamototo (historical)	2.8 miles	20
Orangedale	2.9 miles	18
Whites Ford	3.2 miles	18
Florence	3.6 miles	13
Elwood	3.6 miles	13
Switzerland	4.2 miles	20
Sampson	4.5 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2777625. 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.