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Greenfield, Florida

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32225. It lies near Mathews Island. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville Beach quadrangle.

Greenfield within Duval County

Then and now

1918 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Greenfield, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Greenfield, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Greenfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 222 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 8 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 use27
Natural12
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Debris and open burning1
Other causes1

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
8 September 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2006Natural5.6 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWATER PLANT FIRE 2006-07-0269
24 August 1993Natural2.0 acresFort Caroline National MemorialWILEMA
9 July 2003Natural22 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-07-1033 KERNAN RD. FIRE
5 July 2012Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceEVERGREEN (16)
5 July 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePINEWOOD (16)
31 July 1996Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Storms near this place

10 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenfield in 10 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 6 heavy rain, 3 lightning, 1 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 2024LightningGreenfield$2,000Lightning struck a natural gas line which | caused a fire at 13319 Santorini Drive. The | gas line was secured, and the fire | extinguished as of 7:08 pm. There were no | injuries. The time of the strike was based | on lightning and radar data. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
August 2023LightningGreenfield$1,000Lightning struck a home and caused a fire. The extent of damage was unknown. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
August 2012LightningGreenfield$100Lighting struck a tree in Queens Harbor. A fire started, but rainfall extinguished the fire. The cost of minor property damage was estimated.
August 2025Heavy RainGreenfield-Personal weather station Windsor Park/Hanover Park - KFLJACKS300 measured 2.01 inches of rain in the past hour. Rain began around 110 PM.
August 2015Heavy RainGreenfield-Within 2 hours a spotter measured 3.42 of rainfall.
September 2015Heavy RainGreenfield-Daily total rainfall of 3.10 inches was measured.
November 2015Heavy RainGreenfield-A spotter measured 8.4 inches of daily rainfall.
November 2014Thunderstorm WindGreenfield-Large trees were blown down on Black Hawk Trail.
August 2013Heavy RainGreenfield-The public measured 4.5 inches of rainfall in the Ashely Wood Neighborhood (storm total).
June 2012Heavy RainGreenfield-Rainfall accumulations were estimated around 3 to 3.25 inches in eastern Duval County. Ponding of water was observed on Atlantic Blvd. near the intersection with Girvin Road.

Every storm recorded in Duval 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
Oak Harbor1.3 miles26
Wonderwood2.1 miles26
Donner2.1 miles26
Manhattan Beach2.7 miles26
Atlantic Beach2.8 miles26
East Mayport2.8 miles21
East Mayport (historical)2.8 miles21
Mayport3.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295322. 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.