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Kingsley Beach, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Keystone Heights census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32091. The Survey maps it on the Kingsley quadrangle.

Kingsley Beach within Clay County

Then and now

1942 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kingsley Beach, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Kingsley Beach, surveyed 1942

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

120 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Kingsley Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,164 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 6 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
Natural48
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

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
17 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03-04-NOV/SUPP- SR 16 EAST FIRE -1285
5 August 2006Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03-04-MORTOR FIRE-1233
4 August 2001Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2006Natural6.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHUTCHINSON RANGE 2006-07-0285
19 August 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNE CR 225 (04)
19 August 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 August 2000Natural100 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 1999Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay 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 Kingsley Beach: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Zirconium, Titanium. 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
Highland DepositTitanium, Metal, Zirconium, KyaniteProducer1946, 1949, 1986
Highland DepositIron, Magnesite, Uranium, AluminumPast Producer1946, 1949, 1989
Trail RidgeZirconium, TitaniumProducer1946, 1949

Every working recorded in Clay 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
Kingsley0.2 miles13
Kingsley Village1.2 miles17
Belmore8.2 miles13
Clay Hill8.7 miles21
Middleburg9.5 miles21
Highland9.6 miles15
Penney Farms9.8 miles14
Asbury Lake10.4 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 285129. 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.