Hilden, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the St. Augustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32081. The Survey maps it on the Durbin 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
9 surveys from 16 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 Palm Valley quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Durbin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
255 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Hilden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,692 acres in total. 117 started naturally. 32 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 | 117 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.3 acres | Florida Forest Service | STRATTONRD1(55) |
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WHEATFIELD (55) |
| 27 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CROSSWATER PARKWAY (55) |
| 25 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | TWELVE MILE SWAMP #3 (55) |
| 11 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 10 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 Hilden: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Florida Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | 1965 |
Storms near this place
3 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hilden in 3 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Lightning | Hilden | 1 hurt | A male was struck by lightning and transported to the local hospital with burn injuries. |
| August 2025 | Heavy Rain | Hilden | - | A personal Weather Station MTB Nocatee - KFLPONTE141 reported 2.03 inches of rainfall during the past hour. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hilden | - | Trees were blown down along Crosswater Parkway. The time of damage was based on radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durbin | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Sampson | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Twentymile | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Whites Ford | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Blacks Ford | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| South Ponte Vedra Beach | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Elwood | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Julia (historical) | 7.7 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122556249 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 307985. 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.








