BlockKings Ferry, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Callahan-Hilliard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32046. The Survey maps it on the Kings Ferry quadrangle.
Then and now
1917 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 71 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 17 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.
- 1917 USGS Boulogne quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Boulogne quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Kings Ferry quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Kings Ferry between 1992 and 2019, burning about 610 acres in total. 19 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SILVER TRAIL (45) |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | KINGS FERRY II (45) |
| 21 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TACOMA TRAIL FIRE 2003-07-1092 |
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 45 PROSPECT LANDING 2010-07-0486 |
| 6 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 45 MUSIC RD 2007-07-0473 |
| 3 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2016 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CONNER CUTOFF (45) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kings Ferry in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kings Ferry | $500 | A tree was blown down near the Haddock Drive and Haddock Road intersection. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kings Ferry | - | Large tree limbs were blown down along Haddock Road around 105 pm local time. By 130 pm local time the storm had reached Fernandina Beach where strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew containers over which damaged the Fernandina Beach Port. |
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.
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 Kings Ferry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6412909 | 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 285120. 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.