BlockLakewood, Florida
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32217. It stands on New Rose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville quadrangle.
Then and now
1918 to 1994The 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.
Compare 1918 against another survey:
On record in Lakewood
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 within a mile 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
San Jose Estates Gatehouselisted 1988 · 0.6 miles away
House at 7144 Madrid Avenuelisted 1985 · 0.9 miles away- Epping Forestlisted 1973 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1918 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
34 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Lakewood between 1993 and 2019, burning about 144 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SAN DIEGO 2 (16) |
| 29 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SAN DIEGO(16) |
| 2 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 June 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 June 2015 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GOLF COURSE (16) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakewood in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $1,000 | A tree was blown down over a driveway. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for Storm Data. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | - | A tree was blown down on a home causing roof damage on the Jacksonville Northside along Briarcliff Road. Powerlines were also reported down in the northside area. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Lakewood | - | An EF0 tornado touched down in the Biscayne Downs Subdivision near the Broward River, just west of I-95. The tornado knocked down trees along Sarasota Lane and Secretariat Drive. One tree was snapped an fell on a home along Sarasota Lane. It destroyed a sunroom along Riva Ridge Drive. The tornado likely lifted before it crossed the Broward River with sporadic wind damage occurring through Oceanway before touching back down along Grover Road, where significant tree damage occurred. Tree damage occurred along Boney Road and Starratt Road near Edwards Creek including a snapped tree that fell on a truck with other uprooted trees in the area. Local broadcast media relayed a video of the tornado as it bypassed Black Hammock Island near the A1A and Nassau Sound bridge next to Amelia Island State Park. Tornado damage was not continuous along the path. The path width was estimated. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | - | A tree was blown down and crashed through an apartment building along Harts Road. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Lakewood | - | Quarter size hail was reported at the intersection of Dunn Avenue and Interstate 95. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees that landed on a home on Secretariat Lane West. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose Forest | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Bowden | 0.9 miles | 23 | |
| San Nicolas Palica (historical) | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Larsen | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| San Jose | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Miramar Terrace | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| South Metro | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Englewood | 1.9 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 285315. 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.