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Maxville, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Baldwin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32234. The Survey maps it on the Maxville quadrangle.

Maxville within Duval County

Then and now

1918 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Maxville, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Maxville, surveyed 1918

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

204 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Maxville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,127 acres in total. 66 started naturally. 18 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
Natural66
Equipment and vehicle use38
Debris and open burning25
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism18
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2007Debris and open burning3.5 acresFlorida Forest Service16 GOAT FIRE 2007-07-0521
8 August 2014Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Service301 (16)
6 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2010Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service10 PALMETTO 2010-07-0439
27 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance14 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service16 DUMP FIRE 2007-07-0485
19 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

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 Maxville: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Titanium, Zirconium, REE, Aluminum, Titanium-Heavy Minerals. 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
E.I. Dupont - Maxville MineTitanium-Heavy MineralsProducerIlmenite, Leucoxene, Rutile, Zircon, Kyanite
Maxville TractTitanium, Zirconium, REE, AluminumProducerSurface

Every working recorded in Duval County

Storms near this place

8 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maxville in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash 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
June 2012Flash FloodMaxville$20,000A trained spotter at 2:30 am reported Anvers Road, amongst many across the Jacksonville Westside were flooded and impassable. At 3 am, an emergency manager reported of Suwannee county reported widespread roads across Live Oak as well as other more rural areas had severe flooding. Northern portions of Live Oak were evacuated due to flood waters. At 5 am, an NWS Storm Survey report observed severe flash flooding in White Springs of Hamilton county. Roads were washed out to a depth of 8 to 12 feet. The first road washed out was 1st Street in White Springs which was completely severed. The water then flowed along a stream bed to Jewett Street which was also completely severed to a depth of 12 feet. One culvert pipe was completely washed away and was not recovered. Kendrick Street was then flooded and approximately 20 feet of road bed was washed away or undermined. The cost of damage was estimated.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindMaxville$1,000FDOT reported a tree was down on Highway 301 in Maxville. Time was estimated by radar.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMaxville$1,000Trees were blown down across both lanes of State Road 228 in Maxville. The cost of damage was estimated.
June 2023HailMaxville-Nickel to dime size hail was reported in Maxville. The time of the event was based on radar.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindMaxville-Trees were blown down across the road at 168th Street off of 89th Road.
June 2011HailMaxville-Penny size hail was reported.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMaxville-Trees were down along Maxville Middleburg Road.
April 2010HailMaxville-Penny to half inch size hail was reported 2 miles east of County Road 218 and Highway 301.

Every storm 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
Fiftone3.6 miles20
Baldwin7.4 miles19
Otis9.8 miles19
Caleb10.9 miles21
Mandeville11.0 miles19
Halsema11.0 miles21
Whitehouse11.9 miles21
Brightsville11.9 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 286536. 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.