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Molasses Junction, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hastings census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32033. The Survey maps it on the Elkton quadrangle.

Molasses Junction within St. Johns County

Then and now

1937 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Molasses Junction, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Molasses Junction, surveyed 1937

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

145 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Molasses Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,516 acres in total. 72 started naturally. 8 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
Natural72
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1994Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 September 1994Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1993Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWOODWARD (55)
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWOODWARD RD(55)
10 September 2018Natural5.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGREENHOUSE (55)
6 August 2006Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service930
5 August 2006Natural15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF-WOODWARD POWERLINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Johns 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
San Nicolas Tolentino (historical)3.0 miles13
Lane Landing3.2 miles13
Tocoi3.4 miles13
Riverdale3.7 miles13
Bakersville3.8 miles12
Meldrim Park4.3 miles13
Pocotalaco (historical)5.4 miles13
Vermont Heights5.8 miles12

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 Q122569202The 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 308037. 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.