Bellair, Florida
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Orange Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32073. The Survey maps it on the Orange Park 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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 24 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 Orange Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
152 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Bellair between 1992 and 2020, burning about 537 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 19 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.2 acres | Florida Forest Service | FELDMAN (16) |
| 21 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 330 |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ORANGE PARK MALL (10) |
| 30 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROOSEVELT BLVD (16) |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | 13 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bellair: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Titanium-Heavy Minerals. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Mine | Titanium-Heavy Minerals | Producer | Leucoxene, Zircon, Kyanite, Rutile |
Storms near this place
9 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellair in 9 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 4 heavy rain, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellair | $30,000 | Numerous trees and powerlines were reported down across the Orange Park area due to a downburst that began near Asbury Lake. Multiple trees fell on homes destroying the roofs along Rusmor St, Debarry Ave and Warren Ct. A tree fell on a car in Orange Park damaging the vehicle. Time was estimated by radar. AWOS station KNIP Jacksonville Nas measured a gust of 61 mph at 157 PM EST. |
| August 2025 | Heavy Rain | Bellair | - | Several private weather stations in Orange Park measured near 3 inches of rain in the past hour. |
| September 2024 | Heavy Rain | Bellair | - | A personal weather station Grove Park - | KFLORANG86 measured 4.42 inches of rain. | Rain began around 2 PM. About 3.3 inches of | rain fell between 6 PM and 9 PM. |
| September 2024 | Flood | Bellair | - | Street flooding was reported along DeBarry | Ave, Horton Dr, and Gano Ave. About 3 to 4 | inches of rain has fallen in this area. |
| July 2023 | Flood | Bellair | - | Minor street flooding was reported along DeBarry Avenue. This is a known flood prone location. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellair | - | A tree was blown down onto a car and crushed it along Kingsley Avenue. The time of damage was based on radar and other wind damage reports in the area. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellair | - | Numerous homes were damaged from fallen trees just north of Kingsley Avenue and south of the Orange Park Mall. Several cars were damaged from the fallen trees. |
| August 2012 | Heavy Rain | Bellair | - | A storm total amount of 3.17 inches was measured. |
| June 2010 | Heavy Rain | Bellair | - | A spotter reported street flooding at the intersection of Gano Avenue and Debarry Avenue. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowbrook Terrace | 0.4 miles | 24 | |
| North Meadowbrook Terrace | 0.6 miles | 24 | |
| Camp Echockotee | 1.7 miles | 24 | |
| Orange Park | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Laurel Grove | 2.5 miles | 24 | |
| Holly Point | 2.7 miles | 24 | |
| Ridgewood | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Lakeside | 3.4 miles | 24 |
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 Bellair | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4881869 | The 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 278440. 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.
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.
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.












