West Tocoi, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Green Cove Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32043. The Survey maps it on the Riverdale quadrangle.
Then and now
1947 to 1991The 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 sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1947 USGS Bostwick quadrangle1:50000
- 1949 USGS Bostwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Riverdale quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Saint Augustine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Riverdale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
165 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of West Tocoi between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,660 acres in total. 71 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 71 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2018 | Natural | 5.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | GREENHOUSE (55) |
| 8 August 2011 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | STEEL CLUB(54) |
| 3 August 2016 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CEDAR CREEK (54) |
| 3 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 1993 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of West Tocoi: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, Thorium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Cove Springs Deposit | Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, Thorium | Producer | 1969, 1972, 1986 |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Tocoi in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Lightning | West Tocoi | $15,000 | A home was struck by lightning near U.S. Highway 17 and Varney Road. A significant house fire occurred. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for Storm Data. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Tocoi | - | A tree was blown down at the intersection of Sungarden Road and Old Bostwick Road. |
| August 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | West Tocoi | - | A tornadic waterspout was reported on the Saint Johns River northeast of Bostwick tracking north-northwest. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brewers Landing | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Leno | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Walkill | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Green Cove Springs | 10.3 miles | 14 | |
| Magnolia Springs | 11.9 miles | 20 | |
| Pass Station | 12.2 miles | 14 | |
| Fellowship Park | 13.1 miles | 20 | |
| Penney Farms | 13.6 miles | 14 |
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 Q122560983 | The 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 295705. 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.







