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Isle of Palms South, 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 32250. It stands on Sandy Run. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville Beach quadrangle.

Isle of Palms South 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 Isle of Palms South, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Isle of Palms South, 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

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Isle of Palms South between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,204 acres in total. 61 started naturally. 16 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
Natural61
Equipment and vehicle use31
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
16 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 1992Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2011Natural211 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHODGES ONE (16)
7 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHODGES THREE (16)
7 August 2011Natural32 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHODGES TWO (16)
3 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePARKWAY II (16)
3 August 1998Natural150 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2001Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Isle of Palms South: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Titanium-Heavy Minerals. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mineral City Placer, Pontra VedraTitanium-Heavy MineralsProducerZircon, Kyanite, Rutile, Ilmenite

Every working recorded in Duval County

Storms near this place

17 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Isle of Palms South in 17 storm reports between 2007 and 2026: 8 heavy rain, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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
March 2026Thunderstorm WindIsle Of Palms South$5,000Numerous trees and powerlines were reported down across the beaches and Arlington areas. Large trees were reported down in Jacksonville Beach and along B Ward St. A large tree fell and damage a wooden boardwalk in Cradle Creek Preserve. Time was estimated by radar.
May 2025Heavy RainIsle Of Palms South-A public gage measured 3.50 inches of rainfall between 5:45 pm and 7:45 pm local time.
May 2025Heavy RainIsle Of Palms South-A personal weather station Ambient Weather - KFLJACKS4374 measured 3.18 inches of rain. Rain began at 6 PM.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindIsle Of Palms South-The public reported large tree limbs down and dime-size hail. The time of event was based on radar data.
July 2024Heavy RainIsle Of Palms South-A public rain gauge report near Jacksonville | Beach measured 2.18 inches of storm total rainfall. The duration of rainfall was unknown.
July 2024Heavy RainIsle Of Palms South-A public rain gauge report near Jacksonville | Beach measured 2.54 inches of rainfall from a storm. The duration of the rain was unknown.
August 2022Heavy RainIsle Of Palms South-A mesonet station AS298 Jacksonville Beach measured 2.02 inches of rainfall in the afternoon.
October 2020Heavy RainIsle Of Palms South-The mesonet site FW3614 measured 3.05 inches since midnight.
June 2017Heavy RainIsle Of Palms South-A citizen weather observation station near San Pablo measured a daily total of 2.06 inches.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindIsle Of Palms South-A wind gust of 70 mph was estimated along Hodges Blvd. north of Bulter Blvd. Numerous large tree limbs were blown down.
January 2014HailIsle Of Palms South-Nickel size hail was reported in the Isle of Palms area of Jacksonville Beach.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindIsle Of Palms South-Several trees were blown down in the Danforth Subdivision off of Hodges Blvd. The time of damage was based on radar.
August 2012FloodIsle Of Palms South-At 7:30 am, the NWS employee reported flooding near Marsh Hammock Drive East. At 8:49 am, significant flooding was reported in areas near 10th Avenue South and 8th Avenue in Jacksonville Beach. The water depth was 1 to 1.5 ft deep. South Beach Parkway was flooded an impassable. At 8:55 am, there was significant flooding near 3rd Street and 14th Avenue in Jacksonville Beach. There area was barely passable. There was also significant flooding near 3rd St and 6th Avenue North. The right lane was closed. At 9:30 am, there was significant flooding in areas near 3rd St and 18th Avenue North. Water was entering structures, including the Five Guys restaurant and Good Year Tire Company.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindIsle Of Palms South-The Jacksonville Electric Authority confirmed that numerous crews responded to power line damage across the Jacksonville southside including along San Pablo and Hodges Blvd.
August 2008Tornado (EF0)Isle Of Palms South-The tops of pine trees were snapped off and twisted at San Pablo Road and J Turner Butler Blvd in the Hammocks of Oak Landing Subdivision.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindIsle Of Palms South-Many trees were damaged about 3 miles west of Jacksonville Beach by thunderstorm wind gusts. One limb was about 12 feet long.
September 2007Heavy RainIsle Of Palms South-A Cooperative Observer reported 5.39 inches of rainfall since midnight. The observation site lcoation was just east of the Jacksonville Golf and Country Club.

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
Pablo Keys0.6 miles26
Oak Landing1.0 miles26
Isle of Palms1.1 miles26
San Pablo1.9 miles26
Holiday Harbor2.6 miles26
Jacksonville Beach2.8 miles26
Tolomato (historical)3.0 miles20
Sans Pareil3.4 miles26

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 Q122594328The 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 284628. 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.