Highlands, 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 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
105 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Highlands between 1992 and 2019, burning about 523 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 24 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 | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 17 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ZOO (16) |
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 Highlands: 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwood | 1.0 miles | 22 | |
| Riverview | 1.4 miles | 22 | |
| Garden City | 1.5 miles | 22 | |
| Holly Ford | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Beverly Hills | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| Lake Forest | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| Biscayne Village | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Lake Forest Manor | 2.3 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 284015. 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.










