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Myrtle Island, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bunnell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32110. It lies near Bear Island. The Survey maps it on the Dinner Island quadrangle.

Myrtle Island within Flagler 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 Myrtle Island, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Myrtle Island, surveyed 1937

Compare 1937 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Myrtle Island between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,690 acres in total. 66 started naturally. 26 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
Natural66
Arson/incendiarism26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1998Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1999Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceAVACADO (18)
15 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF CARPENTER AVE., FLAGLER EST
8 August 2014Natural6.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMETHVIN FIRE (18)
7 August 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF CEDAR FORD
4 August 2010Natural10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF- 18 JOHN CAMPBELL #2
30 August 2004Natural24 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHUNTING CAMP WF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Flagler 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
Roy3.3 miles12
Shell Bluff6.1 miles12
Andalusia6.3 miles10
Neoga6.9 miles14
Bimini8.4 miles9
Espanola8.8 miles14
Saint Johns Park11.2 miles10
Black Point12.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295474. 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.