BlockManhattan Beach, Florida
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville Beaches census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32233. It stands on Puckett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville Beach 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:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 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 Mayport quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville Beach quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Jacksonville Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Jacksonville Beach quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Jacksonville Beach quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Manhattan Beach between 1992 and 2015, burning about 70 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 1993 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Fort Caroline National Memorial | WILEMA |
| 5 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | EVERGREEN (16) |
| 31 July 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 June 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | CHICKEN |
| 2 June 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 May 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 31 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manhattan Beach in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 lightning, 2 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2018 | Lightning | Manhattan Beach | 2 hurt | Two men were struck by lightning at 19th Street and Beach Blvd near Atlantic Beach. Both survived the strike. |
| August 2022 | Lightning | Manhattan Beach | $100,000 | A house on Fiddlers Ln was struck by lightning which led to a house fire. It seems like it started in the garage and spread into the rest of the house. The house and car sustained significant damage. Jacksonville fire rescue responded to the scene and reported no injuries. |
| June 2018 | Lightning | Manhattan Beach | $25,000 | A structure fire at 334 Ocean Walk North Drive was caused by a lightning strike. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Manhattan Beach | - | At 3:51 am, law enforcement reported that heavy rainfall caused flooding in the Atlantic Beach area, closing part of Mayport Road (1800 to 1900 block) and all of Atlantic Boulevard (300 block) from 3rd Street to Ocean Boulevard. At 3:50 am, broadcast media shared photos showing extensive road flooding along Palm Ave and Aquatic Dr in Atlantic Beach. Time was estimated by nearby report. Some locations in the Flash Flood Warning area measured 3-6 inches of rainfall during the early morning. |
| September 2024 | Flood | Manhattan Beach | - | At 2:18 pm, the public shared a photo of minor street | flooding at the intersection of N Market St | and Confederate St. Road was passable. At 3:09 pm, a NWS Employee reported minor street flooding in Neptune Beach and Atlantic Beach. There was about 2 to 3 inches of standing water on the roads. At 6 pm, Duval county Emergency Management reported flooding along Dulawan Dr and along Francis Ave between Forsyth Ct and Walter Rd in Neptune Beach. At 7 pm, Duval EM shared a video of flooding along LaSalle St and San Marco Blvd. Wakes from passing cars was approached businesses. |
| September 2020 | Heavy Rain | Manhattan Beach | - | A public mesonet site measured 2.71 inches within the past hour off of Renault Drive just south of Mayport. |
| June 2017 | Heavy Rain | Manhattan Beach | - | A spotter at Mayport Village reported more than 3 inches of rainfall in about 2 hours. |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Manhattan Beach | - | A funnel cloud was reported by the Mayport Naval Station ASOS and observed by an off duty National Weather Service meteorologist in the area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wonderwood | 0.8 miles | 26 | |
| East Mayport | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| East Mayport (historical) | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Oak Harbor | 1.5 miles | 26 | |
| Donner | 2.2 miles | 26 | |
| Atlantic Beach | 2.2 miles | 26 | |
| Mayport | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Greenfield | 2.7 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295428. 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.