Norwalk, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Crescent City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32134. The Survey maps it on the Welaka quadrangle.

Norwalk within Putnam County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Norwalk, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet of Norwalk, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Welaka quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1978 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1994 USGS Welaka quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Norwalk between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,019 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 12 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
Natural	55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	31
Debris and open burning	16
Arson/incendiarism	12
Power generation/transmission/distribution	8
Recreation and ceremony	7
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Smoking	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Other causes	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
6 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	11 acres	National Forests in Florida	BUCKSKIN
30 September 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	National Forests in Florida	OKLAWAHA
2 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	National Forests in Florida	RICHARD 42
15 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	National Forests in Florida	BLUE CRAB
12 September 2010	Natural	1,097 acres	National Forests in Florida	FT GATES 22
8 August 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	National Forests in Florida	not named
19 August 1993	Natural	under an acre	National Forests in Florida	not named
16 August 2018	Natural	86 acres	National Forests in Florida	SYRACUSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Johns Ferry	2.8 miles	11
Fort Gates	3.3 miles	11
Welaka	3.9 miles	11
Fruitland	3.9 miles	11
Georgetown	5.1 miles	11
Seminole Grove	5.9 miles	17
Nashua	6.3 miles	17
Grand View Grove	6.3 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306126. 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.