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Dyal, Florida

18 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 32011. The Survey maps it on the Callahan quadrangle.

Dyal 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 Dyal, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Dyal, surveyed 1917

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Dyal between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,596 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 10 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 burning30
Natural23
Equipment and vehicle use18
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
6 September 1994Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBRADDOCK (45)
9 August 2006Natural23 acresFlorida Forest Service845
21 August 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePILE BURN (45)
19 August 2000Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 1999Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 July 1999Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 July 2019Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceDIXIE HIGHWAY (45)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nassau County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dyal: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Georgia-Carolina Brick Co PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Nassau County

Storms near this place

5 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dyal in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2014Thunderstorm WindDyal$2,000A cluster of trees were blown down. The cost of damage was estimated.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindDyal-A tree was blown down across Dyal Road and US Highway 1 NW of Callahan. The time of damage was based on radar data.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindDyal-A tree was blown down at Old Dixie Highway and Bethel Church Road. The time of damage was based on radar.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDyal-A tree was blown down near Old Dixie Highway and Dyal Road.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindDyal-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down between Callahan and Hilliard.

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
Callahan4.6 miles18
Hilliard5.4 miles16
Crawford7.8 miles17
Italia8.1 miles20
Evergreen8.3 miles17
Nassau Village8.4 miles18
Kent8.6 miles17
Ratliff8.7 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 DyalAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5318407The 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 295249. 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.