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.
Then and now
1917 to 1988The 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 sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1917 USGS Hilliard quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Hilliard quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Callahan quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 30 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BRADDOCK (45) |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | 23 acres | Florida Forest Service | 845 |
| 21 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PILE BURN (45) |
| 19 August 2000 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 1999 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 1999 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | DIXIE HIGHWAY (45) |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia-Carolina Brick Co Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dyal | $2,000 | A cluster of trees were blown down. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dyal | - | 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dyal | - | A tree was blown down at Old Dixie Highway and Bethel Church Road. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dyal | - | A tree was blown down near Old Dixie Highway and Dyal Road. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dyal | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down between Callahan and Hilliard. |
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.
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 Dyal | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5318407 | The 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.








