BlockDunn Creek, Florida
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32218. The Survey maps it on the Eastport 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
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.
- 1918 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Eastport quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Eastport quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS EastPort quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Eastport quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Eastport quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
173 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Dunn Creek between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,461 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 30 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 16-BONEY FIRE-2010-07-0487 |
| 15 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-07-1084 |
| 10 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2001 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 1999 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunn Creek in 19 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 8 heavy rain, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Flash Flood | Dunn Creek | $40,000 | At 10 pm, the public reported flooding on Sawpit Road on Black Hammock Island. At 1010 pm, the public reported flooding into a home on Rose Street, about 5 miles south of the Jacksonville International Airport. At 10:42 pm, the public reported flooding over Catoma Street in Orange Park. Water was over the street and up to doors of houses. Residents evacuated. The cost of damage was estimated, and it is likely an under-estimate. |
| August 2022 | Lightning | Dunn Creek | $3,000 | A power pole transformer was directly struck by lightning which resulted in loss of power to a small area near Oceanway. JEA then reported approximately 12 gallons of non-pcb mineral oil was released from the struck transformer. A nearby storm drain that discharges into the caney branch was impacted. Clean-up actions were completed. |
| July 2017 | Lightning | Dunn Creek | $2,000 | A house fire was on Moose Road due to a lightning strike. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated so this event could be included in Storm Data. |
| April 2019 | Lightning | Dunn Creek | $1,000 | Lightning caused a transformer fire along Sawpit Road. 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. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunn Creek | $500 | A power line was blown down onto trees along Sawpitt Road. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| July 2025 | Heavy Rain | Dunn Creek | - | The public weather station along | Creek Crossing Drive measured 3.04 inches in | about 1 hour. Rainfall began around 3:39 pm. | As of 5 pm, the station measured 3.42 inches | of storm total rainfall. |
| July 2025 | Heavy Rain | Dunn Creek | - | A public weather station along Passmore Ct. measured 2.83 inches of rainfall in about 1 hour. Rainfall began shortly after 3:45 pm. |
| July 2025 | Heavy Rain | Dunn Creek | - | A public weather station along East Fish | Eagle Drive measured 3.2 inches of rainfall | since about 3:34 pm, or about 90 minutes. |
| September 2025 | Heavy Rain | Dunn Creek | - | Two separate personal weather stations on Black Hammock Island measured over 3 inches of rain in about an hour. |
| July 2024 | Heavy Rain | Dunn Creek | - | A mesonet station EW8180 Jacksonville measured | 4.67 inches of rain from training storms. | Rain began around 210 PM EDT. Surrounding | observations observed 3.5 - 4.2 in. |
| August 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Dunn Creek | - | A photo of a funnel cloud over Nassauville was shared via social media. The time and location was based on radar data. |
| July 2022 | Heavy Rain | Dunn Creek | - | A personal home weather station KFLJACKS3428 measured 3.20 inches of rainfall between 7:50 pm local time to about 9 pm local time. Surrounding sites measured 2 to 2.5 inches. |
| August 2022 | Heavy Rain | Dunn Creek | - | Personal weather station courtesy of wunderground reported 2.96 inches between 730 pm and 9 pm. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Dunn Creek | - | Large hail was reported at First Coast High School. The time of the event was based on radar. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Dunn Creek | - | A weather station along Aysrshire Street recorded 2.86 inches of rain in about 2 hours. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunn Creek | - | Power lines were blown down on Dunn Creek Road. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunn Creek | - | Power lines were blown down which caused a storage shed fire. |
| September 2015 | Flood | Dunn Creek | - | Street flooding due to heavy rainfall impacted Cedar Point Road and Pumpkin Hill Road. There was about 4-8 inches of water over the road. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunn Creek | - | A tree was blown down across Pate Road West. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duval | 1.7 miles | 24 | |
| Pecan Park | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Oceanway | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Shady Rest | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Polly Town | 3.3 miles | 24 | |
| San Mateo | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Tisonia | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Eastport | 4.4 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 281873. 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.