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Magnolia Springs, Florida

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Green Cove Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32043. It stands on Clay Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fleming Island quadrangle.

Magnolia Springs within Clay County

Then and now

1917 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Magnolia Springs, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Magnolia Springs, surveyed 1917

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Magnolia Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,226 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 12 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
Natural34
Railroad operations and maintenance25
Arson/incendiarism12
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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 1996Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 1994Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 August 1999Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 August 1993Natural4.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFLORIDA STREET (10)
15 August 1995Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Magnolia Springs: 1 plant, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: REE, Thorium, Titanium, Clay. 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
Clay County Steam Brick Co PitClayPast Producer
Green Cove Springs ConcentratorREE, Thorium, TitaniumPlant

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
Fellowship Park1.6 miles20
Green Cove Springs1.7 miles14
Hibernia3.7 miles20
Russell4.1 miles20
Pass Station4.6 miles14
Solite (historical)4.9 miles21
Walkill5.4 miles14
Penney Farms6.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294065. 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.