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Southmere, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Titusville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32754. The Survey maps it on the Aurantia quadrangle.

Southmere within Brevard County

Then and now

1950 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Southmere, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Southmere, surveyed 1950

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

172 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Southmere between 1992 and 2020, burning about 41,803 acres in total. 90 started naturally. 13 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
Natural90
Equipment and vehicle use28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism13
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2007Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Service830
6 September 2007Natural10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDAY OFF (05)
27 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceOUTBOARD (O5)
26 September 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCHEECH (05)
7 August 2015Natural160 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROAD ONE (05)
31 August 2005Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCABBAGE SLOUGH
24 August 2007Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALL-IN (05)
23 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceFULL HOUSE (5)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brevard 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 Southmere: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Rifle Range PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Brevard 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
Holiday Village Travel Park5.5 miles13
Aurantia5.7 miles12
Turnbull5.9 miles13
Mims5.9 miles13
Wiley6.8 miles13
East Mims6.8 miles13
La Grange7.0 miles13
Jay Jay7.4 miles13

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 Q122554891The 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 294932. 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.