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O'Neil, Florida

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Yulee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32034. It stands on Elwood Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hedges quadrangle.

O'Neil within Nassau County

Then and now

1918 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of O'Neil, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of O'Neil, surveyed 1918

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

196 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of O'Neil between 1992 and 2020, burning about 732 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 27 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
Debris and open burning54
Railroad operations and maintenance31
Arson/incendiarism27
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Natural24
Equipment and vehicle use18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRUBIN DAVIS LANE (45)
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBUCCANEER (45)
7 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSWEETBRIAR (45)
8 August 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGREGORY AVE. (45)
4 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceFRANK WARD RD (45)
25 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceOWENS RD (45)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nassau 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 O'Neil: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Amelia Island PlacerTitanium-Heavy MineralsOccurrenceMonazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite

Every working recorded in Nassau 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
Glenwood3.1 miles23
Nassauville3.3 miles22
Amelia City3.6 miles21
Yulee Heights4.5 miles22
Fernandina Beach4.5 miles22
Hedges4.6 miles22
Chester4.7 miles23
American Beach4.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 287919. 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.