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Twentymile, Florida

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ponte Vedra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32081. The Survey maps it on the Palm Valley quadrangle.

Twentymile within St. Johns County

Then and now

1918 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Twentymile, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Twentymile, surveyed 1918

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

202 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Twentymile between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,417 acres in total. 126 started naturally. 14 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
Natural126
Equipment and vehicle use23
Arson/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 1999Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1999Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWHEATFIELD (55)
27 September 2019Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCROSSWATER PARKWAY (55)
24 September 2010Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Service16-BARN HILL FIRE-2010-07-0492
2 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2007Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service16 GATOR 2007-07-0533

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Johns 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 Twentymile: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Northeast Florida Phosphate DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1965

Every working 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
Durbin3.4 miles16
Palm Valley Landing3.6 miles20
Palm Valley3.9 miles20
Mickler Landing4.2 miles18
Hilden4.3 miles16
Sawgrass5.3 miles18
Sampson6.0 miles18
Ponte Vedra7.3 miles20

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 Q122598217The 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 308158. 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.