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.
Then and now
1917 to 1993The 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.


Compare 1917 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1917 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Orangedale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Orangedale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
145 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WF-55-DEN STREET |
| 17 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WF CUMBERLAND INDUSTRAIL PARK |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TOWER VISTA DR (55) |
| 25 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 1996 | Natural | 1.5 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Florida Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | 1965 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elwood | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Blacks Ford | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Sampson | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Julia (historical) | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Florence | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Palmo | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Orangedale | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Saint Johns | 5.1 miles | 13 |
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 Q122552106 | 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 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.










