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Ridgewood, Florida

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Orange Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32065. It stands on Double Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville Heights quadrangle.

Ridgewood within Clay 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 Ridgewood, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Ridgewood, surveyed 1918

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

178 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Ridgewood between 1992 and 2019, burning about 972 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 25 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 minor42
Railroad operations and maintenance32
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use21
Debris and open burning14
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony8
Fireworks1

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
5 August 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceORANGE PARK MALL (10)
25 August 1996Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service10 TUMBLEWEED 2 2008-07-0437
11 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service10 TUMBLEWEED 2008-07-0432
25 July 1998Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 July 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceNORTHWAY FIRE (10)
21 July 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSHERWOOD DRIVE (10)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Ridgewood: 6 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Titanium-Heavy Minerals. 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
Highland MineTitanium-Heavy MineralsProducerLeucoxene, Zircon, Kyanite, Rutile
Hole No 19 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 22 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 33 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 36 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 42 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 53 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Clay 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
Lakeside1.1 miles24
Peoria Siding2.2 miles21
Doctors Inlet2.7 miles21
Camp Echockotee3.2 miles24
North Meadowbrook Terrace3.3 miles24
Neilhurst3.3 miles20
Bellair3.4 miles24
Meadowbrook Terrace3.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 289694. 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.