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San Buenaventura, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hastings census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32145. It stands on Sixteenmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spuds quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

San Buenaventura within St. Johns County

Then and now

1937 to 1981

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 San Buenaventura (historical), surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of San Buenaventura (historical), surveyed 1937

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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of San Buenaventura (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,204 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 16 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
Natural43
Debris and open burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use15
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1

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
4 September 1993Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2008Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF HUTCHSON
15 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF CARPENTER AVE., FLAGLER EST
7 August 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF CEDAR FORD
3 August 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service305 FIRE 2 (55)
3 August 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service305 FIRE 1 (55)
23 August 1993Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 1993Natural15 acresFlorida 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
Byrd1.6 miles13
Hastings2.5 miles16
Spuds2.7 miles13
Gopher Ridge3.7 miles13
Armstrong4.4 miles12
Elkton6.1 miles12
Vermont Heights8.4 miles12
Saybrook8.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 308380. 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.