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Saint Johns River Estates, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sanford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32771. The Survey maps it on the Sanford quadrangle.

Saint Johns River Estates within Seminole County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Saint Johns River Estates, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Saint Johns River Estates, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Saint Johns River Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,836 acres in total. 41 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
Natural41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony3

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
18 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2008-10-0738
31 August 2013Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceKONOMAC LAKE (64)
28 August 2000Natural12 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2000Natural40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 August 2000Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2007Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF DUTCHMANS BEND DEBARRY
1 August 2006Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF WEST HIGH BANKS DEBARRY
1 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined63 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Saint Johns River Estates: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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
Dot Oviedo - Oviedo #1 MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Seminole 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
Bookertown0.8 miles14
Sanford Farms0.8 miles14
Lake Monroe1.1 miles14
Astor Farms1.6 miles14
Saint Josephs2.1 miles14
Woodruff Springs2.2 miles14
Wilson Place2.4 miles14
Alderene Park2.5 miles14

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 Q122566383The 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 290236. 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.