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Magnolia Gardens, Florida

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32209. The Survey maps it on the Trout River quadrangle.

Magnolia Gardens within Duval County

Then and now

1918 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Magnolia Gardens, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Magnolia Gardens, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

On record in Magnolia Gardens

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Magnolia Gardens between 1992 and 2019, burning about 414 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 19 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 use22
Arson/incendiarism19
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
14 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2016Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLANE SWAMP (16)
22 August 2016Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceIMESON RD (16)
18 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2003Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-07-1032
3 July 2011Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePRITCHARD RAMP (16)
27 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service16 TRUCKING FIRE 2010-07-0417

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Magnolia Gardens: 2 plants. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Perlite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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
Chemrock/ Jacksonville, Fla.PerlitePlant
Kaiser Cement & Gypsum/JacksonvilleGypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Duval 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
Royal Terrace0.7 miles21
Lake Park Estates0.9 miles22
Ribault Manor1.2 miles22
Carver Manor1.3 miles22
Harbor View1.6 miles22
Lake Forest Hills1.6 miles22
Grand Crossing1.6 miles21
Grand Park1.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 286298. 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.