BlockSouth Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the St. Augustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32082. It stands on Stokes Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Ponte Vedra Beach quadrangle.
Then and now
1918 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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 Palm Valley quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS South Ponte Vedra Beach quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of South Ponte Vedra Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,067 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | 250 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WHEATFIELD (55) |
| 27 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CROSSWATER PARKWAY (55) |
| 30 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WF-55-P AND R |
| 25 August 1999 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casa Cola | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Usina Beach | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Araquey | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Woodlawn | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hilden | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Vilano Beach | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| El Rey Residential Court | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Nombre de Dios (historical) | 8.4 miles | 13 |
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 Q122549958 | 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 308133. 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.