BlockBefore

San Carlos Chacatos, Florida

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Southport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32409. The Survey maps it on the Southport quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

San Carlos Chacatos within Bay County

Then and now

1943 to 1988

The 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 sheet of San Carlos Chacatos (historical), surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of San Carlos Chacatos (historical), surveyed 1943

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

182 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of San Carlos Chacatos (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,854 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 6 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 maintenance42
Debris and open burning35
Natural31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use15
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
5 September 1995Natural75 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1992Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2004Debris and open burning35 acresFlorida Forest ServiceF&W FORESTRY CB ESCAPE
27 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03/RACCOON RD-0620
25 September 2010Natural73 acresFlorida Forest Service03/ST JOE RD 18-0562
22 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03/AIRPORT COMMAND 0554
22 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSPIKES RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bay County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of San Carlos Chacatos (historical): 7 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 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.

Every working recorded in Bay 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
Vicksburg2.0 miles19
Southport4.8 miles19
Resota Beach5.7 miles15
Bayhead6.1 miles15
Lynn Haven7.5 miles17
Bennett8.5 miles15
Econfina8.9 miles15
Bayou George9.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294502. 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.