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Kingsley, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Keystone Heights census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32091. The Survey maps it on the Kingsley quadrangle.

Kingsley within Clay County

Then and now

1942 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kingsley, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Kingsley, surveyed 1942

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

120 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Kingsley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,251 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 6 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
Natural48
Debris and open burning15
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

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
17 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03-04-NOV/SUPP- SR 16 EAST FIRE -1285
5 August 2006Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03-04-MORTOR FIRE-1233
4 August 2001Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2006Natural6.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHUTCHINSON RANGE 2006-07-0285
19 August 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNE CR 225 (04)
19 August 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 August 2000Natural100 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kingsley: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Zirconium, Titanium. 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
Highland DepositTitanium, Metal, Zirconium, KyaniteProducer1946, 1949, 1986
Highland DepositIron, Magnesite, Uranium, AluminumPast Producer1946, 1949, 1989
Trail RidgeZirconium, TitaniumProducer1946, 1949

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kingsley in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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
June 2022Thunderstorm WindKingsley$1,000Clay county sheriffs office reported that a tree was down and blocking both lanes of SR 16W near the intersection of Mary Dot Lane.
February 2024HailKingsley-Quarter size hail was reported along County Road 225 between Lawtey and Kingsley Lake.
February 2024Tornado (EF1)Kingsley-A tornado touched down in the northwestern portions of Clay|County, or within the Camp Blanding Wildlife Management Area|just to the northwest of Kingsley Lake, on Sunday afternoon. This|tornado was documented by pictures and video as it crossed County|Road 225 that were posted on social media. A National Weather|Service survey team determined that the peak wind was around 90|mph, resulting in snapped and uprooted pine trees along its|approximate one mile path. This tornado`s path length may have|been longer based on available video evidence, but the survey team|was unable to locate any damage beyond the indicated path length|in the heavily wooded Camp Blanding Wildlife Management Area.|Estimated path width was around 100 yards.
August 2024FloodKingsley-A solider on Camp Blanding reported a couple of roads were flooded near Camp | Blanding. About 3 to 4 inches of water were | on the roads. Roads were passable.
July 2021Heavy RainKingsley-A weather station near Kingsley Lake measured 3.86 inches of rainfall.
January 2010Tornado (EF0)Kingsley-An EF1 tornado touched down around 1322 pm EST in Bradford County and continued for a brief period as an EF0 event in Clay County. The path width varied from 200 to 400 yards, and the total path length was around 10 miles. The storm was only present in a small portion of Clay County and entered the Camp Blanding National Guard Facility.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindKingsley-Power lines were down near Kingsley Lake.

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Kingsley Beach0.2 miles13
Kingsley Village1.3 miles17
Belmore8.4 miles13
Clay Hill8.5 miles21
Middleburg9.4 miles21
Highland9.4 miles15
Penney Farms9.8 miles14
Asbury Lake10.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 285128. 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.