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Saint Josephs, 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 Josephs 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 Josephs, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Saint Josephs, 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Saint Josephs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,105 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 5 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
Railroad operations and maintenance31
Natural22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2

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
8 July 2004Natural40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2012Natural7.7 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFORT FLORIDA (64)
5 July 1993Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 July 1996Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 July 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceNOWHERE (59)
17 July 2019Natural40 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCOWBOY. (59)
10 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Saint Josephs: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. 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
Cds Trucking Corporation - Club Ii MineClayUnknown
Dot Oviedo - Oviedo #1 MineSandUnknown
White Construction Co. - S.R. 427 MineSandProducer

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
Lake Monroe0.9 miles14
New Upsala1.1 miles14
Woodruff Springs1.2 miles14
Bookertown1.3 miles14
The Retreat at Twin Lakes1.4 miles14
Sanford Farms1.5 miles14
Ravenna Park1.6 miles14
Wilson Place1.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 290252. 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.