Saint Teresa, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Carrabelle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32358. The Survey maps it on the Saint Teresa quadrangle. It stands 20 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1943 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1943 USGS St. Teresa Beach quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS St Teresa quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS St. Teresa quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Carrabelle quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS St. Teresa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Saint Teresa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 790 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Smoking | 1.9 acres | Florida Forest Service | (65) DRIFTWOOD DR FIRE |
| 23 August 2015 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | OCHLOCKONEE BAY (19-6) |
| 10 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SOPCHOPPY HWY (19-6) |
| 30 July 2010 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (19) MCINTYRE FIRE |
| 3 July 2007 | Natural | 5.1 acres | Florida Forest Service | (19) THE LANDING #2 |
| 26 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | NAT OUT 1 |
| 22 July 1995 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun N Sand Beaches | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| McIntyre | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Southern Dunes | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Big Blackjack Landing | 6.9 miles | 20 | |
| Lanark Village | 8.2 miles | 20 | |
| Pine Log | 9.0 miles | 20 | |
| Carrabelle | 12.4 miles | 20 | |
| Yent Place | 13.8 miles | 20 |
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 Teresa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7591822 | The 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 308409. 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.










