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Jacksonville Beach, Florida

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville Beaches census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32250. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville Beach quadrangle. 23,830 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 10 feet above sea level.

Jacksonville Beach 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 Jacksonville Beach, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Jacksonville Beach, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

On record in Jacksonville Beach

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Jacksonville Beach grew from 21,362 to 23,830 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201021,362
202023,830+2,468 (+12%)

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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Jacksonville Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 414 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 12 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 use23
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
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
3 August 1998Natural150 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 August 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePABLO RESERVE 2006-07-0282
5 July 2012Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceEVERGREEN (16)
28 July 1992Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 July 2005Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresFlorida Forest Service2005-07-0149

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 Jacksonville Beach: 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

48 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jacksonville Beach in 48 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 10 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 7 heavy rain, 6 flood. The reports record 2 deaths and 8 injuries. 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
November 2001Rip CurrentJacksonville Beach1 killed20 year old male visiting form Ohio caught in Rip Current and drowned.
July 1996Rip CurrentJacksonville Beach1 killedno account filed
June 1996Rip CurrentJacksonville Beach3 hurtno account filed
June 2001LightningJacksonville Beach2 hurtTwo men were hit by lightning while standing near a pickup truck when it was struck. The men were in the 1300 block of Palm Circle North.
July 2001LightningJacksonville Beach2 hurtMen were standing in front beside a vehicle. Bolt struck two vehciles.
May 2005Rip CurrentJacksonville Beach1 hurtno account filed
June 1995Tornado (F0)Jacksonville Beach$60,000A tornado, associated with the outer rain bands of tropical storm Allison, touched down in the Sanctuary subdivision, just north of Butler Boulevard. The tornado skipped north northwest touching down briefly on Colonies Drive, Oaks Drive, Plantation Oaks Drive, Beach Boulevard, and in the Adventure Landing subdivision, which was under construction, then dissipated over the Intracoastal Waterway. Two vehicles were overturned and houses and fences suffered minor damage. Several trees were knocked down.
August 1995Tornado (F0)Jacksonville Beach$50,000Tornado was embedded in feeder bands from Hurricane Erin. Tornado tore a portion of a mall roof off.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindJacksonville Beach$25,000Large trees and power lines were blown down. A home deck and three vehicles were damaged.
June 2003LightningJacksonville Beach$20,000555 Seventh Ave. South, Jacksonville Beach. Source Florida Union 6/18/03.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindJacksonville Beach$8,000Gusts in excess of 60 knots (1518EST) were reported at the beach pier. Part of a roof was blown off. Several large trees were blown down (1530EST).
September 2014LightningJacksonville Beach$5,000Lightning hit a tower at the Jacksonville Regional Communications Center which caused local dispatch to loose power. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for this event to be included in Storm Data.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindJacksonville Beach$4,500One automobile damaged. Large trees and power lines were blown down.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindJacksonville Beach$3,000Large trees were blown down.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindJacksonville Beach$1,000Thunderstorms associated with Hurricane Erin snapped large trees at Fort Caroline and Merrill Road and east along the St. Johns River.
October 2020Heavy RainJacksonville Beach-A public weather station measured 2.98 inches of rain since midnight.
October 2019FloodJacksonville Beach-At 2:50 pm, emergency management reported law enforcement closed the street at the intersection of 16th Ave South and 9th Street in Jax beach due to flooding. At 3:33 pm, law enforcement reported flooding in Jacksonville Beach east of 3rd Street with some cars abandoned in flood water. At 3:35 pm, law enforcement reported 1st Street and Mayport Road were closed due to high water.
May 2017HailJacksonville Beach-Quarter size hail was reported along Third Street in Jacksonville Beach.
May 2017HailJacksonville Beach-Baseball size hail was reported in Neptune Beach.
May 2017HailJacksonville Beach-Hailstones about 2 inches in size were observed at Ginger's Place Restaurant in Jacksonville Beach.
June 2017Heavy RainJacksonville Beach-A daily total of 2.35 inches was measured at the Jacksonville Beach COOP Observer station as of 5 pm local time.
July 2015FloodJacksonville Beach-Flooding was reported between Neptune Beach and Jacksonville Beach along 3rd Street. Water depth was around 1 foot on average.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindJacksonville Beach-The top of a McDonald's sign on Atlantic Blvd in Atlantic beach was ripped from the pole and blown about 50 feet.
January 2014HailJacksonville Beach-The public reported 1.5 inch hail at the corner of Penman Rd and Beach Blvd. The time of the event was based on radar.
October 2013Heavy RainJacksonville Beach-Local WOKV Radio reported flooding in areas of Jacksonville Beach.
July 2009Funnel CloudJacksonville Beach-A funnel cloud was spotted about a half mile offshore about a half mile south of Fourth Street.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindJacksonville Beach-A spotter measured sustained winds of over 50 mph with a gust to 74 mph using a hand held anemometer. Trees were damaged in the area.
August 2009Heavy RainJacksonville Beach-An off duty NWS employee reported that there was street flooding at South Beach Parkway and 16th Avenue. Doppler radar estimated that there was about 2 inches of storm total rainfall in the area.
December 2009Heavy RainJacksonville Beach-Volunteers in Jacksonville Beach measured 24 hour rainfall totals of 3.82 and 3.85 inches.
September 2007Heavy RainJacksonville Beach-A trained Spotter reported severe ponding on roadways in Jacksonville Beach with some of Penman Road completely flooded. A few small tree limbs were also reported down.
September 2007Heavy RainJacksonville Beach-The Jacksonville Beach Co-op observer reported 8.01 inches of rain since midnight.
September 2007FloodJacksonville Beach-Water covered several intersections along A1A and many other secondary streets in Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, and northern Ponte Vedra Beach. the Observed estmated over 4 inches of rain since dawn. |
June 2002FloodJacksonville Beach-Street flooding.
June 2002FloodJacksonville Beach-Minor roadway flooding.
June 2002Flash FloodJacksonville Beach-Extensive flooding of streets with road closures.
November 2001FloodJacksonville Beach-1800 block of N 3rd Street (A1A) flooded and closed to traffic.
May 1999HailJacksonville Beach-Pier.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindJacksonville Beach-no account filed
June 2006Tornado (F0)Jacksonville Beach-no account filed
September 2005Rip CurrentJacksonville Beach-no account filed
July 2004HailJacksonville Beach-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindJacksonville Beach-no account filed
July 2003HailJacksonville Beach-no account filed
August 2002Funnel CloudJacksonville Beach-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindJacksonville Beach-no account filed
May 2000WaterspoutJacksonville Beach-no account filed
July 1998WaterspoutJacksonville Beach-no account filed
May 1996HailJacksonville Beach-no account filed

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
Neptune Beach1.2 miles26
Isle of Palms2.0 miles26
Pablo Keys2.2 miles26
San Pablo2.4 miles26
Atlantic Beach2.8 miles26
Holiday Harbor2.8 miles26
Isle of Palms South2.8 miles26
Donner3.1 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.

Wikipedia article on Jacksonville BeachAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q988928The 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 284697. 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.