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North Merritt Island, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Merritt Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32953. The Survey maps it on the Courtenay quadrangle.

North Merritt Island within Brevard County

Then and now

1949 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 32 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of North Merritt Island, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of North Merritt Island, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

185 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of North Merritt Island between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,661 acres in total. 81 started naturally. 29 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
Natural81
Arson/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use15
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony12
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
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
2 September 2002Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCAROLE AVE (O5)
16 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeSTONE
16 September 1995Naturalunder an acreMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeTEL-4-BK-W
1 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2017Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePHYLLIS (5)
6 August 2015Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGROVE (05)
6 August 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeEXPLORER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brevard 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 North Merritt Island: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Kings Park PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Brevard 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
Courtenay1.6 miles13
Audubon2.6 miles13
Indianola2.6 miles13
Sharpes2.8 miles14
Williams Point3.1 miles14
City Point3.2 miles14
Frontenac3.5 miles14
Cocoa3.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2805181. 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.