Garden City, Florida
22 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. It stands on West Branch Blockhouse 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
124 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Garden City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 758 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 25 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 | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-07-1084 |
| 14 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 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 |
| 21 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 Garden City: 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 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garden City in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 2022 | Heavy Rain | Garden City | - | A personal weather station ACU FLAMINGO KFLJACKS4122 measured 2.5 inches of rainfall between 6:55 pm local time to 8 pm local time. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | A tree was blown down along I-295 eastbound between Exit 32 and Exit 33. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Garden City | - | Widespread golf ball size hail fell at the NWS Jacksonville office located at the Jacksonville International Airport. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Power lines were blown down at Lem Turner and Trout River Blvd. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Garden City | - | Golf ball size hail reports were relayed from the intersection of Dunn Ave. and Lem Turner Blvd. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Garden City | - | Quarter size hail was reported from the intersection of Dunn Ave. and Interstate 295. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Garden City | - | A construction worker on Lem Turner Road reported penny size hail. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Trees were blown down near Interstate 295 and Duval Road. Additional trees were blown down near Biscayne. The time of the event was based on radar. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biscayne Village | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Highlands | 1.5 miles | 22 | |
| Northwood | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Beverly Hills | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Riverview | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Sherwood Forest | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Harbor View | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Ribault Manor | 3.2 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 282918. 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.










