San Diego Salamototo, Florida

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Fruit Cove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32259. The Survey maps it on the Fleming Island quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

San Diego Salamototo within St. Johns County

Then and now

1917 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 75 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 Diego Salamototo (historical), surveyed 1992

Topographic sheet of San Diego Salamototo (historical), surveyed 1917

Compare 1917 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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.

1917 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:62500
1918 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
1952 USGS Fleming Island quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
1992 USGS Fleming Island quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

156 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of San Diego Salamototo (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,621 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 18 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	39
Equipment and vehicle use	32
Misuse of fire by a minor	20
Arson/incendiarism	18
Debris and open burning	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Railroad operations and maintenance	13
Fireworks	5

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
11 September 2010	Misuse of fire by a minor	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	WF-55-IVY HOLLOW
3 August 1993	Natural	1.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
2 August 1999	Natural	2.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
2 August 1999	Natural	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
2 August 1999	Natural	5.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
2 August 1999	Natural	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
16 August 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	FLORIDA STREET (10)
16 August 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Johns County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of San Diego Salamototo (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Clay County Steam Brick Co Pit	Clay	Past Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Switzerland	1.9 miles	20
Julia (historical)	2.8 miles	18
Orangedale	3.1 miles	18
Blacks Ford	3.9 miles	18
Fruit Cove	4.2 miles	20
Florence	5.1 miles	13
Pine Bluff	5.7 miles	18
Elwood	5.9 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 308381. 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.