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Cary, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Jacksonville North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32219. The Survey maps it on the Dinsmore quadrangle.

Cary within Duval 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 Cary, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Cary, surveyed 1917

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Cary between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,722 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 13 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
Debris and open burning29
Equipment and vehicle use22
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Natural16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism13
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking1

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
26 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceYOUNIS RD (16)
14 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service45 ACREE 2007-07-0525
6 August 2011Natural18 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHOMAS CREEK PRESERVE (16)
22 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 August 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 2003Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-07-1056
4 July 1998Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cary in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 hail, 1 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 2009LightningCary$20,000Lightning struck a home near the corner of Dunn Avenue and U.S. Highway 1. Extensive structural damage occurred. The cost of damage was estimated.
April 2019LightningCary$2,000A commercial structure fire occurred along Lem Turner after a power surge from lightning. The time of the damage was unknown but estimated based on squall line passage. Cost of damage was unknown but estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
July 2024Heavy RainCary-A public weather station BDWEATHERL - | KFLJACKS4273 measured 4.04 inches from | training storms. Rain began around 2:45 PM | EDT.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindCary-A power line as blown down at 13941 New Kings Road.
July 2019HailCary-Nickel size hail was observed. The time of event was based on radar.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCary-Winds blew down a tree across Shirley Drive near Callahan.

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
Plummer1.8 miles18
Spaulding3.5 miles18
Biscayne Village3.9 miles22
Dinsmore4.4 miles22
Garden City4.8 miles22
Sherwood Forest4.8 miles22
Beverly Hills5.4 miles22
Harbor View5.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294705. 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.