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Greenland, Florida

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32256. It stands on Sweetwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bayard quadrangle.

Greenland within Duval County

Then and now

1917 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Greenland, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Greenland, surveyed 1917

Compare 1917 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Greenland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,333 acres in total. 53 started naturally. 21 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
Natural53
Equipment and vehicle use23
Arson/incendiarism21
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning5
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 1999Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCORKLAN DRIVE (16)
24 September 2010Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Service16-BARN HILL FIRE-2010-07-0492
14 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service210
13 September 2007Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service16 GATOR 2007-07-0533
13 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service16 LIGHTING II FIRE 07-0532
1 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Storms near this place

8 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenland in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 2 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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
August 2025Heavy RainGreenland-An automated weather station reported 4.14 inches of rainfall since midnight.
December 2020Thunderstorm WindGreenland-A small tree was blown down near Southside and Interstate 95.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGreenland-A tree was blown down near the Avenues Mall. The time of damage was based on radar.
July 2015HailGreenland-Penny size hail was reported near the Avenues Mall along Phillips Highway.
April 2014Funnel CloudGreenland-A funnel cloud was reported 4 miles NE of Fruit Cove.
May 2013Heavy RainGreenland-A trained spotter in Bartram Park and Mandarin measured a rainfall total of 4 inches since 7 am that morning.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindGreenland-Power lines were blown down in Southside.
June 2010Funnel CloudGreenland-A possible funnel cloud was spotted at Fortune Parkway and McLaurin Road not far from the Avenues Mall. This was likely as a thunderstorm outflow converged with the east coast sea breeze in the area.

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
Bayard2.6 miles22
Loretto2.8 miles22
Sunbeam3.0 miles22
Stockade4.0 miles22
Deerwood Club4.1 miles22
Goodbys4.4 miles22
Clarksville4.8 miles16
Plummers4.8 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 283417. 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.