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Mount Royal, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Crescent City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32112. The Survey maps it on the Crescent City quadrangle.

Mount Royal within Putnam County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mount Royal, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Mount Royal, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

On record in Mount Royal

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

141 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Mount Royal between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,158 acres in total. 50 started naturally. 13 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
Natural50
Debris and open burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism13
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
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
30 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCRAWFORD RD (54)
28 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceJUMPING GULLY(54)
9 August 1993Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMC GRADY (54)
6 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/LINE DOWN FIRE
6 August 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2004Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Service100 WEST WF
25 August 2007Natural16 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF- WATER OAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam 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 Mount Royal: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Burt Burden - Burden MineClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Putnam 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
Crescent City0.5 miles10
Crescent City Station1.2 miles10
Denver1.8 miles10
Huntington1.8 miles10
Shirley Place2.7 miles10
Hammond3.3 miles10
Lake Como4.6 miles10
Pomona Park6.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306843. 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.