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Neilhurst, Florida

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Orange Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32003. It stands on Mainard Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fleming Island quadrangle.

Neilhurst within Clay County

Then and now

1917 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Neilhurst, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Neilhurst, surveyed 1917

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Neilhurst between 1992 and 2019, burning about 491 acres in total. 13 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
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Natural13
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
5 August 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceORANGE PARK MALL (10)
18 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFLORIDA STREET (10)
15 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service10 TUMBLEWEED 2 2008-07-0437
11 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service10 TUMBLEWEED 2008-07-0432
29 July 2005Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePINE FOREST DR. 2005-07-0150
29 July 2005Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceRADAR ROAD 2005-07-0151
23 July 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceNORTHWAY FIRE (10)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Neilhurst: 3 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Highland MineTitanium-Heavy MineralsProducerLeucoxene, Zircon, Kyanite, Rutile
Russell MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Russell MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Florida Solite Company - Russell MineClayUnknown
Hole No 33 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 36 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 53 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Clay 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
Camp Echockotee2.2 miles24
Lakeside2.2 miles24
Peoria Siding2.4 miles21
Laurel Grove2.8 miles24
Holly Point2.9 miles24
Doctors Inlet3.0 miles21
Ridgewood3.3 miles24
Orange Park3.3 miles24

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 Q122590641The 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 295479. 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.