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Nevins, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Vero Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32962. The Survey maps it on the Oslo quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.

Nevins within Indian River County

Then and now

1949 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Nevins, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Nevins, surveyed 1949

On record in Nevins

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

259 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of Nevins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,397 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 34 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 maintenance46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Misuse of fire by a minor43
Natural40
Arson/incendiarism34
Equipment and vehicle use22
Recreation and ceremony14
Debris and open burning12
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
8 September 2015Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceAVIATION (31)
6 September 1999Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2016Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMILLSTONE (31)
27 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFIRST STREET (31)
12 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 1997Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Indian River County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nevins: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Zirconium, 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
Riz Mineral Co. MineTitanium, ZirconiumPast Producer
Vero Beach PlacerTitanium-Heavy MineralsProducerKyanite, Zircon, Rutile, Leucoxene, Ilmenite

Every working recorded in Indian River 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
Royal Poinciana Park0.9 miles16
Poinciana Park0.9 miles16
Oslo1.7 miles16
Vero Beach2.0 miles19
Florida Ridge2.2 miles16
South Beach2.6 miles16
Riomar2.8 miles16
Gifford4.6 miles19

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.

Wikipedia article on NevinsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16895828The 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 295482. 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.