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Mound Grove, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Ormond Beach census division. It stands on Bulow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Flagler Beach East quadrangle.

Mound Grove within Volusia 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 Mound Grove, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Mound Grove, surveyed 1937

Compare 1937 against another survey:

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

187 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Mound Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,883 acres in total. 120 started naturally. 10 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
Natural120
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Other causes1
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
7 September 1999Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
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 2007Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF-NE BROADWAY POWERLINE
13 September 1993Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 1992Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Volusia 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 Mound Grove: 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 Volusia 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
Ormond-by-the-Sea4.4 miles13
National Gardens4.9 miles14
Tomoka Estates6.1 miles13
Ormond Beach8.6 miles13
Ellinor Village9.3 miles13
Ortona11.3 miles13
Holly Hill11.6 miles13
Seabreeze12.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295465. 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.