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Vermont Heights, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hastings census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32033. The Survey maps it on the Elkton quadrangle.

Vermont Heights 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 Vermont Heights, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Vermont Heights, surveyed 1937

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

326 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 326 fires within 5 miles of Vermont Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,792 acres in total. 132 started naturally. 33 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
Natural132
Equipment and vehicle use50
Arson/incendiarism33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Debris and open burning25
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Recreation and ceremony11
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
6 September 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 1999Natural11 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1993Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1993Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 1993Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service821
17 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF- 1740 COUNTY ROAD 214

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Elkton2.4 miles12
Fort Peyton2.5 miles14
Moultrie4.0 miles14
Saybrook4.1 miles14
Armstrong4.3 miles12
Saint Augustine Shores4.6 miles14
Saint Augustine South4.9 miles14
College Park5.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 308162. 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.