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Larsen, Florida

21 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 32207. It stands on New Rose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville quadrangle.

Larsen 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 Larsen, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Larsen, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Larsen between 1992 and 2019, burning about 146 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
2 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSAN DIEGO 2 (16)
29 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSAN DIEGO(16)
9 July 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 June 1993Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 June 2015Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGOLF COURSE (16)
3 May 2011Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03-16-PEACH-2011-07-0276
22 May 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 May 2000Equipment and vehicle use15 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Larsen: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Humphries Gold Corp MineTitanium, ZirconiumPast Producer

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
South Metro0.6 miles21
Englewood0.7 miles21
Bowden1.1 miles23
San Nicolas Palica (historical)1.2 miles23
Lakewood1.2 miles21
Miramar Terrace1.4 miles21
Philips1.6 miles21
Spring Glen1.7 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 285354. 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.