BlockBefore

Ortega, Florida

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32210. It stands on Cedar River. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville quadrangle.

Ortega within Duval County

Then and now

1918 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ortega, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Ortega, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

On record in Ortega

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Ortega between 1992 and 2020, burning about 502 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 19 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
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Equipment and vehicle use29
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural13
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
25 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2003-07-1098
21 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresFlorida Forest Service330
2 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSAN DIEGO 2 (16)
2 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROOSEVELT BLVD (16)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval 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
Ortega Terrace0.6 miles21
Ortega Forest0.6 miles21
Saint Johns Park1.0 miles21
Lake Shore1.2 miles21
Ortega Farms1.5 miles21
Venetia1.8 miles24
Biltmore1.9 miles21
Wesconnett2.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 288247. 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.