Pocotalaco, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the St. Augustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32092. It stands on Honey Branch. The Survey maps it on the Picolata quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pocotalaco within St. Johns County

Then and now

1947 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pocotalaco (historical), surveyed 1991

Topographic sheet of Pocotalaco (historical), surveyed 1947

Compare 1947 against another survey:

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.

1947 USGS Bostwick quadrangle1:50000
1949 USGS Bostwick quadrangle1:62500
1949 USGS Picolata quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Saint Augustine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1991 USGS Picolata quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Pocotalaco (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,095 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 10 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	42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Railroad operations and maintenance	12
Arson/incendiarism	10
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Debris and open burning	9
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Smoking	3
Recreation and ceremony	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
9 September 1994	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
9 September 1994	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
24 September 2010	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	WF-55-DEN STREET
5 August 2011	Natural	7.3 acres	Florida Forest Service	PACETTI DIRT MOUND (55)
31 August 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	40 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 August 1993	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
27 August 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	1.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
18 August 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Johns 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
Bass Haven	2.0 miles	13
Meldrim Park	2.2 miles	13
Picolata	2.3 miles	13
Saint Johns	3.0 miles	13
Bakersville	3.2 miles	12
Palmo	3.5 miles	13
Lane Landing	4.1 miles	13
San Nicolas Tolentino (historical)	4.6 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 308384. 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.