BlockHero, Florida
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Yulee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32097. The Survey maps it on the Italia quadrangle.
Then and now
1918 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 70 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
10 surveys from 20 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 St Marys quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS St Marys quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1919 USGS St. Marys quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Italia quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
141 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Hero between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,533 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RUBIN DAVIS LANE (45) |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-07-1087 DOVE RD FIRE |
| 8 August 2000 | Natural | 520 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | 41 acres | Florida Forest Service | 95 WEST FIRE 2006-07-0273 |
| 5 August 2015 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HALF MOON (16) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hero in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hero | $1,000 | Trees were blown down and a trampoline blown on a fence in the Timbercreek area of Yulee. The time of the event was based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| November 2023 | Heavy Rain | Hero | - | A mesonet station in Wildlight measured a 24 hr rainfall total of 2.71 inches. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hero | - | Power lines were blown down WSW of Yulee. There was also minor street flooding report. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hero | - | A couple of trees were blown down along Edwards Road. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hero | - | Winds were estimated at 60 mph in the Timber Creek subdivision, just west of Interstate 95. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295346. 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.