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Bryceville, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Callahan-Hilliard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32009. The Survey maps it on the Bryceville quadrangle.

Bryceville within Nassau County

Then and now

1917 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bryceville, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Bryceville, surveyed 1917

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

131 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Bryceville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,158 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 11 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
Natural55
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use17
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
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
7 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service16 TRADE PLEX 2007-07-0524
25 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service45-CHICKEN FARM GATE-2010-07-0493
22 September 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2016Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTRAIN TRACK (45)
27 August 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGRASS RUNWAY (16)
25 August 2018Natural5.3 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLOGGING ROAD (45)
20 August 2016Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCYPRESS POND (10)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nassau County

Storms near this place

17 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bryceville in 17 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 heavy rain. 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
June 2002Thunderstorm WindBryceville$2,000Large trees and power lines down.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBryceville$1,000A tree was blown down into power lines. The cost of damage was estimated.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBryceville-Trees were snapped and powerlines were downed along Ford Rd, Church Ave, and Thomas Trails Rd in Bryceville. OREMC and FPL had about 3,000 customers temporarily without power in Nassau County. The time of damage was based on nearby wind gusts observations.
March 2018HailBryceville-Widespread hail up to ping-pong ball size was reported near Bryceville.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindBryceville-A road was blocked by a downed tree at 7578 County Road 121. The time of damage was based on radar.
August 2017Heavy RainBryceville-The media reported 3.5 inches of rainfall.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindBryceville-A tree was blown down onto power lines on Church Avenue. The time of damage was based on radar.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindBryceville-Trees were blown down across Horseshoe Circle. The county road department removed the debris.
September 2014Heavy RainBryceville-U.S. Highway 301 was closed at Otis Road due to a combination of heavy rainfall, standing water, and a clogged storm drain.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBryceville-Scattered trees were blown down along U.S. Highway 301 between Bryceville and Baldwin.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindBryceville-Trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 301 near Bryceville.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindBryceville-Large tree limbs and power lines were blown down along Highway 301 and Motts Road for 3-4 miles. Power outages were also reported.
April 2002HailBryceville-Hail reported by Forest Service Official.
April 2002HailBryceville-Reported by Fire Lt.
February 2021HailBryceville-no account filed
June 2008HailBryceville-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBryceville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nassau 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
Ingle2.4 miles17
Verdie3.6 miles17
Dahoma6.1 miles17
Mattox8.3 miles12
Keene8.4 miles18
Crawford9.1 miles17
Kent9.6 miles17
Ratliff11.2 miles18

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 BrycevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4980733The 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 294698. 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.