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Sutherlands Still, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the East Palatka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32189. It lies near Rat Island. The Survey maps it on the San Mateo quadrangle.

Sutherlands Still 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 Sutherlands Still, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Sutherlands Still, surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

150 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Sutherlands Still between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,620 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 18 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
Natural42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Debris and open burning27
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
16 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWASTE WATER (54)
7 August 2011Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service702(54)
6 August 2006Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/HONEY STAND FIRE
5 August 2006Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/HUNGRY FIRE
29 August 1998Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2006Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM-HOOT OWL FIRE
20 August 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2015Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTREE ON FIRE (54)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
San Mateo2.5 miles16
Satsuma3.1 miles17
Buffalo Bluff3.8 miles17
Sisco3.8 miles17
Lundy3.9 miles17
Rollestown (historical)4.1 miles16
Pomona Park5.1 miles16
Saratoga5.1 miles17

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 Q122597237The 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 297378. 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.