Mintons Corner, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Melbourne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32904. The Survey maps it on the Melbourne West quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 32 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1949 USGS Melbourne West quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1951 USGS Melbourne West quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Cape Canaveral quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
214 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Mintons Corner between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,117 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 31 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 use | 68 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SUGAR PINE (5) |
| 25 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Florida Forest Service | SARNO (05) |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | T-BONE (05) |
| 5 August 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SIMON (O5) |
| 28 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mintons Corner: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Titanium-Heavy Minerals. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne-Palm Bay Placer | Titanium-Heavy Minerals | Producer | Staurolite, Kyanite, Zircon, Rutile, Leucoxene, Ilmenite |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mintons Corner in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2017 | Flash Flood | Mintons Corner | - | Widespread 8-10 inches of rain fell in southern Brevard County during a 2-4 hour period, affecting areas from West Melbourne to Indialantic, south to Malabar and Floridana Beach, including Palm Bay and Melbourne Beach. Water entered homes in the Powell Subdivision in Palm Bay along Main Street and US-1. Water also entered a home on Barracuda Avenue in Melbourne Beach. Lipscomb Road was closed from University Boulevard to Florida Avenue. A portion of Valkaria Road west of US-1 was washed out, following some erosion which occurred a few weeks earlier during Hurricane Irma. On Port Malabar Road flood waters reached up to the bumper of trucks. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Village | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| June Park | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Melbourne Gardens | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| West Melbourne | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Melbourne | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| West Eau Gallie | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Aurora | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Eau Gallie | 4.1 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122540514 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 286970. 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.






