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Tomoka Estates, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Ormond Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32174. The Survey maps it on the Ormond Beach quadrangle.

Tomoka Estates within Volusia County

Then and now

1937 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 41 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tomoka Estates, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Tomoka Estates, surveyed 1937

Compare 1937 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

242 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 242 fires within 5 miles of Tomoka Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,416 acres in total. 70 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
Equipment and vehicle use75
Natural70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Arson/incendiarism18
Recreation and ceremony13
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Debris and open burning5
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
18 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF-64-TYMBER CREEK
18 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2007Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF-NE BROADWAY POWERLINE
11 September 1992Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2008Natural70 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTOMOKA RIVER FIRE
3 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 1993Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 August 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Volusia 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 Tomoka Estates: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Volusia Co. Rd. and Bridge - Holly Hills PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Volusia 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
National Gardens1.9 miles14
Ormond-by-the-Sea2.9 miles13
Ormond Beach3.0 miles13
Ellinor Village3.9 miles13
Ortona5.8 miles13
Holly Hill5.9 miles13
Mound Grove6.1 miles12
Seabreeze7.3 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 Q122561203The 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 292345. 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.