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Valkaria, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Malabar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32949. It stands on Goat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grant quadrangle.

Valkaria within Brevard County

Then and now

1949 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Valkaria, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Valkaria, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

199 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Valkaria between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,190 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 24 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
Natural74
Equipment and vehicle use39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Arson/incendiarism24
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Fireworks1

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
30 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-12-1080 INDIAN RIVER
4 August 1996Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceRATTLESNAKE (05)
31 August 2001Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2015Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRAMBLEBROOK (05)
23 August 2006Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCABBAGE PALM (5)
22 August 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHENDERSON (5)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brevard County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Valkaria: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Sumterville Lime Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Villasol Realty Co. - Villasol PitSandProducer

Every working recorded in Brevard County

Storms near this place

5 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valkaria in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Thunderstorm WindValkaria-The Weather Flow Site in the Indian River near Grant (XIND) measured a wind gust of 52 knots from the southwest.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindValkaria-Weatherflow station XIND in the Indian River measured a 50 knot wind gust from the northwest.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindValkaria-Weatherflow site XRPT at Rocky Point measured a peak wind gust of 50 knots from the northwest.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindValkaria-Weatherflow site XIND on the Indian River near Grant measured a peak wind gust of 58 mph from the north.
March 2003HailValkaria-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Brevard 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
Melbourne Shores1.8 miles16
Grant-Valkaria2.2 miles16
Grant2.6 miles16
Floridana Beach2.8 miles17
Malabar3.0 miles13
Evans Pines3.6 miles17
Ballard Pines4.8 miles17
Palm Bay5.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 292723. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.