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Saint Johns, 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 Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Picolata quadrangle. It stands 33 feet above sea level.

Saint Johns 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 Saint Johns, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Saint Johns, 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.

Fires near this place

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Saint Johns between 1992 and 2020, burning about 856 acres in total. 36 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
Natural36
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1

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
9 September 1994Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 September 1994Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF-55-DEN STREET
7 August 2011Natural9.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTOWER VISTA DR (55)
5 August 2011Natural7.3 acresFlorida Forest ServicePACETTI DIRT MOUND (55)
31 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 August 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 August 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Palmo2.8 miles13
Pocotalaco (historical)3.0 miles13
Bakersville3.5 miles12
Elwood3.5 miles13
Bass Haven3.9 miles13
Florence4.1 miles13
Picolata4.7 miles13
Meldrim Park5.0 miles13

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.

Wikipedia article on Saint JohnsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7589008The 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 2797981. 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.