Dinsmore, Florida
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32219. It stands on Ninemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trout River quadrangle.
Then and now
1918 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1918 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1918 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Trout River quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Trout River quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Trout River quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
113 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Dinsmore between 1992 and 2019, burning about 779 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 45 ACREE 2007-07-0525 |
| 8 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2016 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LANE SWAMP (16) |
| 22 August 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | IMESON RD (16) |
| 18 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-07-1056 |
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 Dinsmore: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Cement & Gypsum/Jacksonville | Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
Storms near this place
9 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dinsmore in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Lightning | Dinsmore | 2 hurt | Two men working in a bucket truck were struck by lightning at the 8800 block of Moncrief Dinsmore Road around 1 pm. One man was in the truck at the time. Both men were taken to the hospital. |
| June 2010 | Lightning | Dinsmore | $100,000 | Lightning stuck three homes in the same neighborhood. The strikes on each home were within minutes of each other. One home on Rolling River Blvd suffered major damage. The other two homes on Crooked River Road and Deep Springs Drive had minor damage. The cost of total damage was estimated. |
| April 2019 | Lightning | Dinsmore | $2,000 | Lightning hit a building along New Kings Road and caused a structure fire. A transformer blew. 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. |
| October 2014 | Lightning | Dinsmore | $2,000 | Lightning caused a structure fire on East Crystal River Road. The cost of damage was unknown and estimated for inclusion of the event in storm data. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dinsmore | $1,000 | Trees were blown down onto power lines that caused power outages near Dunn Avenue, just south of the Trout River, west of Highway 23/US Route 1. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for Storm Data. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dinsmore | - | A snapped pine tree fell on a home damaging the stucco along Sycamore St in Dinsmore. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dinsmore | - | A home had roof damage along Dunn Avenue. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dinsmore | - | Central dispatch reported a tree was blown down on power lines along Pitts Road. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dinsmore | - | Trees and power lines were blown down near New Kings Road and Edgewood, both on the northwest side of Jacksonville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood Forest | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Harbor View | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Spaulding | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Beverly Hills | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Carver Manor | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Ribault Manor | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Biscayne Village | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Pickettville | 2.8 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 281579. 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.










