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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.

Bayard within Duval County

Then and now

1917 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Bayard, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Bayard, surveyed 1917

Compare 1917 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

176 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural83
Arson/incendiarism24
Equipment and vehicle use20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning5
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 1999Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCORKLAN DRIVE (16)
24 September 2010Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Service16-BARN HILL FIRE-2010-07-0492
14 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service210
13 September 2007Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service16 GATOR 2007-07-0533
13 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service16 LIGHTING II FIRE 07-0532
1 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Storms near this place

16 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2017Thunderstorm WindBayard$15,000At 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 2014LightningBayard$2,000A 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 2016Thunderstorm WindBayard$1,500A 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 2025Heavy RainBayard-A personal Weather Station Del Webb E-Town - KFLJACKS4187 reported 2.63 inches of rainfall between 5:49 pm and 6:49 pm.
September 2024Heavy RainBayard-A public weather station near Bayard | measured 2.38 inches of rain in less than an | hour.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindBayard-A tree was snapped in a residential area. The time of damage was based on radar data.
January 2024Tornado (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 2024Heavy RainBayard-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 2024FloodBayard-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 2020Thunderstorm WindBayard-A tree that was 1 foot in diameter was blown down onto a residence in Bartram Springs.
June 2018Heavy RainBayard-A spotter reported standing water on road side lanes near I-95, I-295 and Old St. Augustine Road.
May 2017HailBayard-Quarter size hail was reported in Nocatee by an off-duty NWS Employee.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBayard-A gas station canopy was blown down at Old St. Augustine Road and Phillips Highway. The cost of damage was unknown.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBayard-The public reported large trees down near Bayard.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBayard-Several trees were blown down and one fell on a home on Ancona Road, located about 6 miles east of Mandarin.
July 1998HailBayard-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Duval 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
Clarksville2.2 miles16
Greenland2.6 miles22
Loretto4.4 miles22
Stockade5.4 miles22
Sunbeam5.5 miles22
Deerwood Club6.3 miles22
Tolomato (historical)6.7 miles20
East Mandarin6.8 miles24

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.