Wilson, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Space Center census division. The Survey maps it on the Wilson quadrangle.

Wilson within Brevard County

Then and now

1949 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 30 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wilson, surveyed 1979

Topographic sheet of Wilson, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

1949 USGS Wilson quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1952 USGS Wilson quadrangle1:24000
1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Titusville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Wilson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 30,699 acres in total. 57 started naturally. 20 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	57
Arson/incendiarism	20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Recreation and ceremony	5
Debris and open burning	4
Smoking	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2

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
5 September 2010	Natural	under an acre	Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge	LONE TREE
5 September 2010	Natural	under an acre	Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge	LONE TREE II
26 September 2016	Natural	120 acres	Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge	TEAL
26 September 1996	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Canaveral National Seashore	CRUZ
18 September 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge	STOP 13
12 September 1997	Natural	under an acre	Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge	MOORCR-NO2
1 September 1998	Debris and open burning	430 acres	Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge	4.4 ESCAPE
9 August 1992	Natural	5.0 acres	Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge	MOORE.CRK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brevard 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Dummit Grove	4.7 miles	14
Titusville	6.3 miles	14
Jay Jay	6.5 miles	13
East Mims	7.0 miles	13
La Grange	7.1 miles	13
Allenhurst	7.1 miles	13
Merritt Island	7.3 miles	12
Wiley	7.3 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 307757. 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.