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Shirley Place, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Crescent City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32112. The Survey maps it on the Saint Johns Park quadrangle.

Shirley Place within Putnam County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Shirley Place, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Shirley Place, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Shirley Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,076 acres in total. 62 started naturally. 9 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
Natural62
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
30 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCRAWFORD RD (54)
28 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceJUMPING GULLY(54)
9 August 1993Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMC GRADY (54)
6 August 2020Natural8.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSILVER POND (64)
25 August 2007Natural16 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF- WATER OAK
23 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF STUMP
2 August 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Shirley Place: 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burt Burden - Burden MineClayUnknown
Unnamed Clay ProspectClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Putnam 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
Denver2.0 miles10
Hammond2.0 miles10
Crescent City2.4 miles10
Crescent City Station2.6 miles10
Mount Royal2.7 miles10
Huntington4.4 miles10
New Run5.7 miles10
Lake Como7.3 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122598483The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300898. 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.