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Volusia, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Pierson-Seville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32102. It lies near Morrison Island. The Survey maps it on the Astor quadrangle. It stands 16 feet above sea level.

Volusia within Volusia County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Volusia, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Volusia, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

255 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Volusia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,299 acres in total. 148 started naturally. 17 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
Natural148
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Other causes1
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
9 September 2006Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF- 660 SR40
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOLD BUBBLY (64)
4 September 2013Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCROOKED RD(64)
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHAGSTROM RD (64)
3 September 2000Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2018Natural3.2 acresNational Forests in FloridaBOWERS BLUFF
28 September 2011Natural2,500 acresLake Woodruff National Wildlife RefugeEQUINOX
14 September 1998Natural67 acresNational Forests in FloridaCEDAR CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Bluffton3.1 miles9
Emporia3.5 miles8
Eldridge4.5 miles8
Barberville5.5 miles8
Pierson5.7 miles8
Deadman Landing6.5 miles10
Conrad7.3 miles8
Connersville7.8 miles9

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.

Wikipedia article on VolusiaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3563043The 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 306545. 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.