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New Smyrna, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the New Smyrna Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32168. It stands on Hunter Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Smyrna Beach quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

New Smyrna 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 New Smyrna (historical), surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of New Smyrna (historical), surveyed 1937

Compare 1937 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

166 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of New Smyrna (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,011 acres in total. 68 started naturally. 15 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
Natural68
Equipment and vehicle use35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism15
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks1
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
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF 10TH STREET
17 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF 10TH STREET #2
15 September 2013Natural2.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCHAMPION-I95 (64)
3 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF-64-SPRUCE CREEK PRESERVE
3 August 1992Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceVENETIAN BAY (64)
23 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF OVERPASS

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 New Smyrna (historical): 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 - Edgewater 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
Isleboro1.3 miles16
New Smyrna Beach1.7 miles16
Mission City2.1 miles16
Ponce Park2.2 miles16
Sugar Mill Estates2.7 miles16
Glencoe2.7 miles16
Ponce Inlet3.2 miles16
Sugar Mill Ruins Travel Park3.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294514. 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.