Springside Park, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Palatka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32177. It stands on Little Rice Creek. The Survey maps it on the Palatka quadrangle.

Springside Park within Putnam County

Then and now

1912 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Springside Park, surveyed 1981

Topographic sheet of Springside Park, surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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.

1912 USGS Palatka quadrangle1:48000
1915 USGS Palatka quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Palatka quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1981 USGS Saint Augustine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

283 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 283 fires within 5 miles of Springside Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,476 acres in total. 80 started naturally. 22 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	80
Equipment and vehicle use	61
Debris and open burning	31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	31
Railroad operations and maintenance	30
Arson/incendiarism	22
Misuse of fire by a minor	13
Power generation/transmission/distribution	6
Recreation and ceremony	5
Other causes	2
Smoking	1
Fireworks	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
6 September 2013	Natural	20 acres	Florida Forest Service	RICE CREEK(54)
25 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
22 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	2003-08-1095 PUTNAM
17 September 2019	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	309C (54)
12 September 2006	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	PUTNAM/JOHNS RD FIRE
12 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
11 September 2007	Natural	5.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	PUTNAM/WILLIAM FIRE
11 September 2007	Natural	2.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	PUTNAM/PLUM FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam 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 Springside Park: 1 past producer. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Palatka Mine	Clay	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Springside	0.6 miles	17
Pecan	2.6 miles	17
Francis	2.7 miles	17
Rice Creek	2.9 miles	17
Bardin	3.0 miles	17
Palatka	3.9 miles	17
Peniel	3.9 miles	17
Lundy	4.8 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300888. 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.