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Doctors Inlet, Florida

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Orange Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32068. It stands on Duck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Middleburg quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.

Doctors Inlet within Clay County

Then and now

1918 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Doctors Inlet, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Doctors Inlet, surveyed 1918

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

163 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Doctors Inlet between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,185 acres in total. 19 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
Misuse of fire by a minor36
Railroad operations and maintenance35
Natural19
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
18 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service10 TUMBLEWEED 2 2008-07-0437
11 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service10 TUMBLEWEED 2008-07-0432
29 July 2005Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePINE FOREST DR. 2005-07-0150
29 July 2005Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceRADAR ROAD 2005-07-0151
21 July 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSHERWOOD DRIVE (10)
21 July 1997Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 June 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCREEKFRONT FIRE 2006-07-0204

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Doctors Inlet: 6 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Highland MineTitanium-Heavy MineralsProducerLeucoxene, Zircon, Kyanite, Rutile
Russell MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Russell MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Florida Solite Company - Russell MineClayUnknown
Hole No 19 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 22 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 33 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 36 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 42 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 53 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

25 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Doctors Inlet in 25 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 5 heavy rain, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2012Flash FloodDoctors Inlet$50,000At 6:45 pm, an NWS employee reported 1 foot of standing water over the I-295 and Blanding Blvd exit in Orange Park. At 6:46 pm, the public reported street flooding near Whitey's Fish Camp, about 2 feet deep. At 7:08 pm, the public reported around 1 foot of standing water near Blanding Blvd and Tanglewood in the Lakeside area. At 7:15 pm, the public reported over a foot of standing water at Timbermill Lane and Timberlake Drive. Water was over-flowing out of the storm drain. At 8:20 pm, the public reported flood water coming up to home porches near Bradford and Old Kings Road on the Jacksonville Southside. At 8:30 pm, the public reported a retention pond overflowed and water was almost inside a home. At 9:26 pm, the public reported major flooding at an apartment complex near San Jose and Hartley Road with water about 4 to 5 inches deep inside the apartments. The resident had to be rescued. At 9:45 pm, the public reported knee to waist deep water on the 3100 block of Stonebriar Ridge Road in Oakleaf Plantation. The cost of damage was estimated, and it is likely an under-estimate.
March 2003Thunderstorm WindDoctors Inlet$40,000Large oak tree blown down onto house at 1670 Cinimmon Fern Ct. compromising the roof.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDoctors Inlet$10,000A metal roof was blown off of a structure and a tree fell on a car. To light poles were blown down and a power line was blown down. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindDoctors Inlet$2,000Numerous large trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2023HailDoctors Inlet-Quarter size hail was observed near Doctor's Lake.
December 2023FloodDoctors Inlet-Severe flooding was reported along Pinewood Blvd and East Susan Drive.
December 2023FloodDoctors Inlet-Portions of Cedar Road near the 4300 block were under water and impassable.
July 2019Heavy RainDoctors Inlet-The public measured 2.2 inches storm total rainfall.
July 2019Heavy RainDoctors Inlet-The public measured a storm total rainfall of 2.1 inches.
June 2017HailDoctors Inlet-A video of quarter size hail near Doctor's Inlet was shared with the NWS.
June 2017HailDoctors Inlet-Hail was photographed and shared from Doctor's Inlet area.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDoctors Inlet-The EM reported 15 trees down on homes, 5 roads blocked by fallen trees and about 5 out buildings damaged by fallen trees on Fleming Island.
November 2014Thunderstorm WindDoctors Inlet-Two parking light poles were blown down in the parking lot of St. Johns River State College. The time was based on radar and wind gusts in the area.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindDoctors Inlet-Large tree limbs and branches were blown down along with pea size hail just NW of Doctor's Inlet. Rainfall amounts greater than 1 inch were measured in 20 minutes.
May 2013Heavy RainDoctors Inlet-A measured 4.64 inches was recorded on the west side of Fleming Island since the morning of Thursday, May 2nd.
July 2012Heavy RainDoctors Inlet-Daily rainfall total of 4.9 inches was measured on Fleming Island. Radar indicated 4.6 inches of storm total rainfall for the location.
June 2009HailDoctors Inlet-A spotter reported penny size hail near County Road 220 and Farm Way.
June 2009HailDoctors Inlet-Penny size hail occurred at the corner of Old Jennings Road and College Drive.
June 2008Heavy RainDoctors Inlet-A NWS employee measured 3.75 inches of rainfall in two hours.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindDoctors Inlet-Large limbs and power lines were blown down along Treasure Point Road and Doctors Lake Drive. Lightning struck a few power lines.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindDoctors Inlet-Trees were down along College Drive in Orange Park.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindDoctors Inlet-Power lines were blown down from Doctors Inlet to Kingsley Avenue.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindDoctors Inlet-Large tree down on house off Plainfield Rd. Power lines down in Doctors Inlet. 1600 persons without power overnight.
May 2006HailDoctors Inlet-no account filed
May 2006HailDoctors Inlet-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Peoria Siding0.7 miles21
Lakeside2.1 miles24
Rideout2.1 miles21
Ridgewood2.7 miles24
Solite (historical)2.7 miles21
Rattlesnake Bend2.9 miles21
Neilhurst3.0 miles20
Black Creek (historical)3.1 miles21

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 Doctors InletAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5287557The 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 281631. 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.