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Kynesville, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Cottondale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32431. The Survey maps it on the Kynesville quadrangle.

Kynesville within Jackson County

Then and now

1952 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 36 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kynesville, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Kynesville, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

207 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Kynesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 679 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 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 burning79
Railroad operations and maintenance44
Equipment and vehicle use26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Smoking11
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural4
Other causes4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePHILLIP RD (32)
2 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 August 2015Arson/incendiarism14 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 90 (32)
16 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSAEY ROAD (32)
12 August 2015Other causes1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 90 (32)
12 August 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHENDERSON ROAD (32)
6 July 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kynesville: 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Jackson Co. Bd. of Co. Comm. - Green MineSandUnknown
Thomas Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Fla.Ind.School For Boys Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kynesville in 11 storm reports between 2006 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 hail, 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
January 2019Thunderstorm WindKynesville$50,000A power pole was blown down.
April 2015Flash FloodKynesville$5,000Scott Church Road was closed due to flooding.
January 2026Thunderstorm WindKynesville$2,000A tree and power line were blown down along Gardenview Road.
January 2026Thunderstorm WindKynesville$2,000A tree was blown down onto a power line on Laramore Road.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindKynesville$2,000A tractor trailer was forced off I-10 due to strong straight line winds. A small amount of diesel was spilled.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindKynesville-Trees were blown down on Topaz Road near Kynesville Road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindKynesville-A tree was blown down across the eastbound lane of Kynesville Road near Bethlehem Road.
April 2014Flash FloodKynesville-Barricades were placed at the intersection of Topaz and Kynesville due to flooding from heavy rain in a short period of time.
August 2013Flash FloodKynesville-Thompson Road to the east of County Road 167 was flooded.
April 2009FloodKynesville-High water closed Kynesville and Ontario Roads.
May 2006HailKynesville-Penny size hail reported by Florida Electric Company manager in Graceville.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Steele City1.8 miles15
Alford3.3 miles15
Cottondale4.7 miles14
Kent Mill5.7 miles15
Round Lake5.8 miles15
Marianna7.4 miles14
Mallory Heights9.0 miles14
Oakdale9.1 miles13

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 Q122566723The 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 294827. 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.