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Spuds, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hastings census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32033. The Survey maps it on the Spuds quadrangle.

Spuds within St. Johns County

Then and now

1937 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Spuds, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Spuds, surveyed 1937

On record in Spuds

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Spuds between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,740 acres in total. 37 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
Natural37
Equipment and vehicle use16
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 1993Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service821
17 September 2008Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF HUTCHSON
3 August 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service305 FIRE 2 (55)
3 August 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service305 FIRE 1 (55)
23 August 1993Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 1993Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Johns 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
Armstrong2.0 miles12
Hastings2.5 miles16
San Buenaventura (historical)2.7 miles13
Elkton3.8 miles12
Byrd4.3 miles13
Gopher Ridge6.0 miles13
Vermont Heights6.3 miles12
Riverdale7.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 308136. 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.