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Ponce Park, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the South Peninsula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32127. It stands on Halifax River. The Survey maps it on the New Smyrna Beach quadrangle.

Ponce Park within Volusia County

Then and now

1937 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 41 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ponce Park, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Ponce Park, surveyed 1937

Compare 1937 against another survey:

On record in Ponce Park

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 3 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Ponce Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 572 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 3 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
Natural29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use14
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF-64-SPRUCE CREEK PRESERVE
3 August 1992Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 August 2011Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWILLIAMS RD EAST (64)
21 August 1993Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 1993Natural3.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 2013Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceART CENTER (64)
9 July 2012Natural40 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROSEBAY 3 (64)
9 July 2012Natural40 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROSE BAY #2 (64)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Volusia County

Storms near this place

9 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ponce Park in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 4 hail, 2 lightning, 1 rip current, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 3 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2001Rip CurrentPonce Park1 killedA 17 year old man drowned near Ponce Inlet when he entered the water to help another person who was struggling in a rip current.
September 2007LightningPonce Park2 hurtA small boat was struck by lightning in the Halifax River. The two people on board were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.
August 2016LightningPonce Park1 hurtA 55 year old Daytona Beach man was struck by lightning while riding an all-terrain vehicle near Sliver Beach Avenue on Daytona Beach. The man was transported to a local medical center where he was treated for minor injuries and released.
November 2001Flash FloodPonce Park$500,000Showers and thunderstorms dumped over 5 inches of rain in coastal sections of Volusia County. Thirty five homes in the Ponce Inlet, Daytona Beach and Ormond by the Sea areas received some water damage.
March 2021HailPonce Park-A trained spotter reported penny sized hail on South Halifax Drive in Daytona Beach.
July 2011Funnel CloudPonce Park-A trained spotter and a citizen reported an inland moving funnel cloud near the Main Street Pier in Daytona Beach. The funnel was likely the remnant of a waterspout sighted just offshore the pier moments earlier.
February 2010HailPonce Park-A Daytona Beach citizen observed quarter size hail as the severe thunderstorm crossed the barrier island and moved to the Atlantic.
June 2001HailPonce Park-no account filed
June 2001HailPonce Park-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Volusia 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
Ponce Inlet1.4 miles16
Isleboro1.7 miles16
New Smyrna (historical)2.2 miles16
Harbor Oaks3.2 miles16
New Smyrna Beach3.8 miles16
Wilbur-by-the-Sea4.0 miles14
Allandale4.1 miles16
Sugar Mill Estates4.1 miles16

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 Q122559268The 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 1805274. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.