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Quinlan, Florida

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32218. It stands on Broward River. The Survey maps it on the Eastport quadrangle.

Quinlan 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 Quinlan, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Quinlan, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Quinlan between 1992 and 2019, burning about 818 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 29 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
Equipment and vehicle use39
Arson/incendiarism29
Natural17
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
24 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use12 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-07-1084
5 August 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 1994Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2001Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2001Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 1995Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 2016Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceZOO (16)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Quinlan: 2 plants. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Kaiser Cement & Gypsum/JacksonvilleGypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
U S Gypsum/ Jacksonville, Fla.Gypsum-AnhydritePlant

Every working 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
Eastport0.4 miles24
Polly Town1.5 miles24
Dames Point Manor2.2 miles24
Chaseville2.3 miles24
San Mateo2.5 miles22
Yellow Bluff Fort2.6 miles24
New Berlin2.8 miles24
Holly Ford2.9 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300969. 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.