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.
Then and now
1942 to 1992The 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 sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1942 USGS Ates Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Ates Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Kingsley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Saint Augustine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Kingsley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
120 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03-04-NOV/SUPP- SR 16 EAST FIRE -1285 |
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03-04-MORTOR FIRE-1233 |
| 4 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2006 | Natural | 6.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | HUTCHINSON RANGE 2006-07-0285 |
| 19 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | NE CR 225 (04) |
| 19 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2000 | Natural | 100 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Deposit | Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite | Producer | 1946, 1949, 1986 | |
| Highland Deposit | Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum | Past Producer | 1946, 1949, 1989 | |
| Trail Ridge | Zirconium, Titanium | Producer | 1946, 1949 |
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsley | $1,000 | Clay county sheriffs office reported that a tree was down and blocking both lanes of SR 16W near the intersection of Mary Dot Lane. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Kingsley | - | Quarter size hail was reported along County Road 225 between Lawtey and Kingsley Lake. |
| February 2024 | Tornado (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 2024 | Flood | Kingsley | - | 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 2021 | Heavy Rain | Kingsley | - | A weather station near Kingsley Lake measured 3.86 inches of rainfall. |
| January 2010 | Tornado (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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsley | - | Power lines were down near Kingsley Lake. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsley Beach | 0.2 miles | 13 | |
| Kingsley Village | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Belmore | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Clay Hill | 8.5 miles | 21 | |
| Middleburg | 9.4 miles | 21 | |
| Highland | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| Penney Farms | 9.8 miles | 14 | |
| Asbury Lake | 10.3 miles | 21 |
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.







