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Killarney Shores, Florida

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32216. The Survey maps it on the Arlington quadrangle.

Killarney Shores within Duval County

Then and now

1918 to 1994

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 Killarney Shores, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Killarney Shores, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Killarney Shores between 1992 and 2020, burning about 416 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 15 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
Equipment and vehicle use30
Natural17
Arson/incendiarism15
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSAN DIEGO 2 (16)
3 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePARKWAY II (16)
29 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSAN DIEGO(16)
7 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTECH (16)
3 July 2014Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBEACH BLVD (16)
29 July 1992Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Killarney Shores: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Titanium, Zirconium. 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
A C Skinner DepositThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumPast Producer
Humphries Gold Corp MineTitanium, ZirconiumPast Producer
Jacksonville PlacerTitanium-Heavy MineralsProducerRutile, Zircon, Ilmenite

Every working recorded in Duval 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
Azalea Terrace0.3 miles23
Hogan1.0 miles23
Southside Estates1.0 miles23
Pineland Gardens1.3 miles23
Holiday Hill1.6 miles23
Oakwood Villa2.4 miles23
Spring Glen2.5 miles23
Beechwood2.6 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300961. 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.