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Shell Island, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the East Wakulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32355. It stands on First Branch. The Survey maps it on the Saint Marks quadrangle.

Shell Island within Wakulla County

Then and now

1954 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 34 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Shell Island, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Shell Island, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

On record in Shell Island

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Shell Island between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,513 acres in total. 20 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
Natural20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism6
Other causes5
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
30 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2010Naturalunder an acreSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeQUAIL FIRE
8 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeSTRICKLAND FIRE
3 August 1999Natural1.4 acresSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeHOLDINGPEN
27 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 1993Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1993Natural30 acresSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeMARCIA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wakulla 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 Shell Island: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Peavy and Son, Inc. - Hannon MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone

Every working recorded in Wakulla 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
Saint Marks0.6 miles14
San Marcos (historical)1.6 miles14
Port Leon2.3 miles14
Hyde Park2.5 miles14
Newport3.3 miles14
Plum Orchard3.7 miles14
Wakulla Beach4.1 miles14
Wakulla Gardens5.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295621. 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.