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Whites Ford, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the St. Augustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32092. The Survey maps it on the Orangedale quadrangle.

Whites Ford within St. Johns County

Then and now

1917 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Whites Ford, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Whites Ford, surveyed 1917

Compare 1917 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

145 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Whites Ford between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,013 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 14 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
Natural44
Equipment and vehicle use33
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism14
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Fireworks4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
8 September 1999Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF-55-DEN STREET
17 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF CUMBERLAND INDUSTRAIL PARK
7 August 2011Natural9.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTOWER VISTA DR (55)
25 August 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 August 1996Natural1.5 acresFlorida 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 Whites Ford: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Northeast Florida Phosphate DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1965

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
Elwood2.1 miles13
Blacks Ford2.4 miles18
Sampson2.9 miles18
Julia (historical)3.2 miles18
Florence3.7 miles13
Palmo4.7 miles13
Orangedale4.8 miles18
Saint Johns5.1 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 Q122552106The 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 308173. 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.