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One of 51 National Register listings published here for St. Johns County · listed in 2021 · category: Site.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
St. Augustine Public Burying Ground
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1937.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. South Castillo Dr., St. Augustine, 32084
- When was it listed? July 2021
- Category. site
- Census division. St. Augustine
- National Register reference number. 100006756 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
323 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 323 fires within 5 miles of St. Augustine Public Burying Ground between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,451 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 37 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 94 |
| Natural | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 29 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WINN DIXIE (55) |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | 11 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2020 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SAN SEBASTIAN (55) |
| 5 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 1993 | Natural | 75 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Florida Forest Service | N. WASHINGTON ST. (55) |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of St. Augustine Public Burying Ground: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Johns Co. Rd. and Bridge - Woodlawn Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Anastasia Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mclead Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Maps showing this location
7 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1937 USGS St. Augustine quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS St. Augustine quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS St. Augustine quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Saint Augustine quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | St. Augustine Civic Center | under 500 feet | 2005 |
 | Castillo de San Marcos National Monument | 0.1 miles | 1966 |
 | Rodriguez-Avero-Sanchez House | 0.1 miles | 1971 |
 | Abbott Tract Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
 | North City Historic District | 0.3 miles | 2009 |
 | Model Land Company Historic District | 0.4 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100006756 in Record Group 79. |
| St. Johns County | All 51 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.