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San Nicolas Tolentino, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the St. Augustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32092. It stands on Tocoi Creek. The Survey maps it on the Riverdale quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

San Nicolas Tolentino within St. Johns County

Then and now

1947 to 1991

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 Nicolas Tolentino (historical), surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of San Nicolas Tolentino (historical), surveyed 1947

Compare 1947 against another survey:

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

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of San Nicolas Tolentino (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,138 acres in total. 58 started naturally. 8 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
Natural58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning10
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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
9 September 1994Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWOODWARD (55)
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWOODWARD RD(55)
10 September 2018Natural5.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGREENHOUSE (55)
5 August 2006Natural15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF-WOODWARD POWERLINE
4 August 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 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
Lane Landing0.5 miles13
Tocoi0.6 miles13
Riverdale2.0 miles13
Meldrim Park2.6 miles13
Molasses Junction3.0 miles12
Pocotalaco (historical)4.6 miles13
Bakersville4.9 miles12
Picolata5.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 308379. 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.