Salt Springs, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the East Marion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32134. It lies near Lake Kerr Key. The Survey maps it on the Salt Springs quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
On record in Salt Springs
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Morgan-Townsend Houselisted 2013
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Salt Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Salt Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Salt Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,684 acres in total. 54 started naturally. 15 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 | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | LAKE KERR 1 |
| 28 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | SALT SPRINGS #19 |
| 25 September 2020 | Natural | 14 acres | National Forests in Florida | SALT SPRINGS ISLAND |
| 16 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | BEAR CREEK |
| 15 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | BLUE CRAB |
| 8 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | not named |
| 8 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | National Forests in Florida | not named |
| 8 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Salt Springs: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John R. Dykes - Michigan City Mine | Sand | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerr City | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Point Pleasant | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Eureka | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| Cedar Creek | 10.3 miles | 10 | |
| Tobacco Patch Landing | 11.5 miles | 9 | |
| Fort McCoy | 12.3 miles | 10 | |
| Lacota | 13.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hog Valley | 13.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306338. 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.





