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Sandalwood, Florida

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32246. The Survey maps it on the Arlington quadrangle.

Sandalwood within Duval County

Then and now

1918 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sandalwood, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Sandalwood, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

130 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Sandalwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 498 acres in total. 24 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
Equipment and vehicle use51
Natural24
Arson/incendiarism18
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Debris and open burning1
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 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2006Natural5.6 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWATER PLANT FIRE 2006-07-0269
3 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePARKWAY II (16)
3 August 1994Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 1993Natural2.0 acresFort Caroline National MemorialWILEMA
9 July 2003Natural22 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-07-1033 KERNAN RD. FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sandalwood: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Titanium, Zirconium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
A C Skinner DepositThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumPast Producer
Humphries Gold Corp MineTitanium, ZirconiumPast Producer
Jacksonville PlacerTitanium-Heavy MineralsProducerRutile, Zircon, Ilmenite

Every working recorded in Duval 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
Beechwood1.8 miles23
Southridge1.8 miles23
Center Park2.1 miles23
Southside Estates2.5 miles23
Sans Pareil2.7 miles26
Azalea Terrace3.1 miles23
Cosmo3.2 miles23
Oakwood Villa3.3 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 290586. 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.