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Korona, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Bunnell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32110. The Survey maps it on the Flagler Beach West quadrangle.

Korona within Flagler County

Then and now

1937 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 41 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Korona, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Korona, surveyed 1937

Compare 1937 against another survey:

On record in Korona

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

328 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 328 fires within 5 miles of Korona between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,999 acres in total. 203 started naturally. 19 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
Natural203
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Equipment and vehicle use31
Arson/incendiarism19
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Debris and open burning10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
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
7 September 1999Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceA STRICKLAND #2
6 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF- A STRICKLAND #1
30 September 2006Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF-MONAGHAN DRIVE
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF SW PLANTATION BAY
3 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined72 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF-18 DRY LAKE
16 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Flagler County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Korona: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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
Dot Deland - Itt MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Flagler County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Korona in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2013LightningKorona$5,000A home at 17 Wilderness Way in the Bulow area was struck by lightning. It caused a hole in the roof. The cost of damage was estimated.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindKorona$200Trees were blown down near the intersection of US Highway 1 and County Road 304. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
April 2021HailKorona-County EM relayed multiple reports from the Seminole Woods section of Palm Coast south of State Road 100 of quarter to half-dollar size hail. Images were shared via Social Media.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindKorona-Emergency Management reported a tree down on power line at 569 Dupont Road.

Every storm recorded in Flagler 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
Dupont2.0 miles14
Favoretta3.0 miles14
Bunnell5.2 miles9
Flagler Beach6.0 miles14
Black Point6.4 miles9
Codys Corner7.5 miles9
Relay7.9 miles9
Beverly Beach7.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 285180. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.