BlockSouth Metro, Florida
21 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 32207. It stands on Craig Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville quadrangle.
Then and now
1918 to 1994The 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.
Compare 1918 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1918 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of South Metro between 1992 and 2019, burning about 125 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SAN DIEGO 2 (16) |
| 29 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SAN DIEGO(16) |
| 9 July 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 June 2015 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GOLF COURSE (16) |
| 3 May 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03-16-PEACH-2011-07-0276 |
| 16 May 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 May 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of South Metro: 1 plant, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Perlite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemrock/ Jacksonville, Fla. | Perlite | Plant | ||
| Humphries Gold Corp Mine | Titanium, Zirconium | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Englewood | 0.4 miles | 21 | |
| Larsen | 0.6 miles | 21 | |
| Philips | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Saint Nicholas | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Spring Glen | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Miramar Terrace | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| San Nicolas Palica (historical) | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Bowden | 1.7 miles | 23 |
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 Q122545105 | The 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 1945941. 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.