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Armstrong, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hastings census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32033. The Survey maps it on the Elkton quadrangle.

Armstrong within St. Johns County

Then and now

1937 to 1981

The 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 sheet of Armstrong, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Armstrong, surveyed 1937

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Armstrong between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,143 acres in total. 76 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
Natural76
Equipment and vehicle use16
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
5 September 1993Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1993Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1993Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service821
17 September 2008Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF HUTCHSON
5 August 2011Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBULL BAY (55)
3 August 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service305 FIRE 2 (55)
3 August 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service305 FIRE 1 (55)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Johns County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Armstrong in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2019Thunderstorm WindArmstrong$3,000Trees were blown down on a home. A trampoline was blown into a nearby field. The time of event was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for the inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindArmstrong$1,000A storm chaser shared pictures of a tree down across FL 206 near Hamilton Ave. Time was estimated by radar.
July 2025Heavy RainArmstrong-A personal Weather Station Camp Rankin Weather Station KFLELKTO13 reported 3.85 inches within the past hour.
August 2025Heavy RainArmstrong-A personal Weather Station Tammy - KFLELKTO43 reported 3.07 inches of rainfall during the past hour.
August 2025Heavy RainArmstrong-A personal Weather Station Tammy - KFLELKTO43 reported 3.91 inches of rainfall from 8:39 pm to 9:39 pm.
August 2024Heavy RainArmstrong-The public measured 3.53 inches of rain in about 90 minutes near County Road 13 South near Elkton.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindArmstrong-A tree was blown down onto a power line off of County Road 13 South. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2017FloodArmstrong-The roadway was flooded at State Road 13 and County Road 207.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindArmstrong-A power line was blown down east of Hastings along County Road 13 South.

Every storm 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
Elkton1.8 miles12
Spuds2.0 miles13
Vermont Heights4.3 miles12
San Buenaventura (historical)4.4 miles13
Hastings4.4 miles16
Byrd5.9 miles13
Saybrook6.1 miles14
Molasses Junction6.6 miles12

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.

Wikipedia article on ArmstrongAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4793899The 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 307876. 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.

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.