Bayard, Florida
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32256. The Survey maps it on the Bayard quadrangle.
Then and now
1917 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 77 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
13 surveys from 22 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 Bayard quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Bayard quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Bayard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Bayard quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
176 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Bayard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,770 acres in total. 83 started naturally. 24 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 | 83 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CORKLAN DRIVE (16) |
| 24 September 2010 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | 16-BARN HILL FIRE-2010-07-0492 |
| 14 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 210 |
| 13 September 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 16 GATOR 2007-07-0533 |
| 13 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 16 LIGHTING II FIRE 07-0532 |
| 1 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bayard in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayard | $15,000 | At least one home was uninhabitable after a tree fell on it near Bayard Blvd and Targonski Road. Numerous trees were blown down across the area. The time was based on radar imagery. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data. |
| September 2014 | Lightning | Bayard | $2,000 | A lightning strike to a power sub-station at the corner of Old St. Augustine Road near Gran Bay Parkway caused widespread power outages and a transformer fire. About 6000 homes were without power, and traffic lights along several main Southsite Roads were inoperable. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayard | $1,500 | A few small to medium trees were uprooted within an apartment complex. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data. |
| August 2025 | Heavy Rain | Bayard | - | A personal Weather Station Del Webb E-Town - KFLJACKS4187 reported 2.63 inches of rainfall between 5:49 pm and 6:49 pm. |
| September 2024 | Heavy Rain | Bayard | - | A public weather station near Bayard | measured 2.38 inches of rain in less than an | hour. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayard | - | A tree was snapped in a residential area. The time of damage was based on radar data. |
| January 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Bayard | - | A brief EF0 tornado with maximum winds near 80 mph produced widespread tree damage just east of Interstate 95 in the Bartram Park area of the Jacksonville Southside. The tornado touched down just west of Bartram Park around |4:08 pm, north of Arching Branch Circle, and tracked quickly |to the ENE across Woody Vine Drive and Roundleaf Drive before|dissipating across a wooded area just west of I-95 around |4:10 pm. There was some minor structure damage to gutters |and window screens, but the majority of damage included |snapped trees and large limbs blown down. There were |some trees were blown down and uprooted, indicative of a |descending rear flank downdraft. |
| July 2024 | Heavy Rain | Bayard | - | A public weather station near E Town in | Jacksonville along Prescott Court measured | 2.65 inches mostly between 2:15 pm and 3:30 | pm. |
| September 2024 | Flood | Bayard | - | At 11:45 am, law enforcement reported a vehicle was stuck due to street flooding in the intersection of Gran Bay Parkway and Corklan Drive. At 1:26 pm, law enforcement reported several vehicles were stuck in flood water at Gran Bay Parkway and Old St. Augustine Road. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayard | - | A tree that was 1 foot in diameter was blown down onto a residence in Bartram Springs. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Bayard | - | A spotter reported standing water on road side lanes near I-95, I-295 and Old St. Augustine Road. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Bayard | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Nocatee by an off-duty NWS Employee. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayard | - | A gas station canopy was blown down at Old St. Augustine Road and Phillips Highway. The cost of damage was unknown. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayard | - | The public reported large trees down near Bayard. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayard | - | Several trees were blown down and one fell on a home on Ancona Road, located about 6 miles east of Mandarin. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Bayard | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Greenland | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Loretto | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Stockade | 5.4 miles | 22 | |
| Sunbeam | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Deerwood Club | 6.3 miles | 22 | |
| Tolomato (historical) | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| East Mandarin | 6.8 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278232. 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.












