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Usina Beach, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the St. Augustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32084. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Augustine quadrangle.

Usina Beach 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 Usina Beach, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Usina Beach, surveyed 1937

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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Usina Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 974 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 12 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 use49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Natural21
Recreation and ceremony15
Arson/incendiarism12
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
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
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWINN DIXIE (55)
5 September 2020Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSAN SEBASTIAN (55)
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2019Natural2.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFC(55)
5 August 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

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 Usina Beach: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand. 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
St. Johns Co. Rd. and Bridge - Woodlawn PitSandProducer

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
Araquey1.8 miles13
Vilano Beach2.4 miles13
Woodlawn2.6 miles13
Casa Cola2.6 miles13
El Rey Residential Court3.2 miles13
Nombre de Dios (historical)3.7 miles13
Davis Shores3.9 miles13
Saint Augustine4.1 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 Q122597145The 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 308159. 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.