BlockOrtega Forest, 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.
Then and now
1918 to 1994The 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.
Compare 1918 against another survey:
On record in Ortega Forest
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.
Village Storelisted 1988 · 0.8 miles away
Old Ortega Historic Districtlisted 2004 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1918 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
128 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Ortega Forest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 545 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 18 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 minor | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2003-07-1098 |
| 21 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 330 |
| 2 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROOSEVELT BLVD (16) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ortega Terrace | 0.6 miles | 21 | |
| Ortega | 0.6 miles | 21 | |
| Ortega Farms | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Venetia | 1.3 miles | 24 | |
| Wesconnett | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Saint Johns Park | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Lake Shore | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Venetia Terrace | 1.8 miles | 24 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122543822 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 288250. 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.