Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Orange Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32073. The Survey maps it on the Orange Park quadrangle. It stands 59 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1917 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 24 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.
- 1917 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Meadowbrook Terrace between 1992 and 2020, burning about 490 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.2 acres | Florida Forest Service | FELDMAN (16) |
| 21 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 330 |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ORANGE PARK MALL (10) |
| 30 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROOSEVELT BLVD (16) |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | 13 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Meadowbrook Terrace: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Mine | Titanium-Heavy Minerals | Producer | Leucoxene, Zircon, Kyanite, Rutile |
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meadowbrook Terrace in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadowbrook Terrace | - | Trees were blown down and a roof was damaged at a Gas Station near Interstate 295 and US Highway 17. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadowbrook Terrace | - | A tree was blown down onto a home. The time of damage was based on radar data. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadowbrook Terrace | - | Trees were blown down on Highway 17 at Wells Road. |
| October 2007 | Flood | Meadowbrook Terrace | - | Flooding was reported on several sections of Fleming Island and Orange Park with the Red Cross reporting several homes flooded out. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellair | 0.4 miles | 24 | |
| North Meadowbrook Terrace | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Orange Park | 1.7 miles | 24 | |
| Camp Echockotee | 1.8 miles | 24 | |
| Laurel Grove | 2.3 miles | 24 | |
| Holly Point | 2.5 miles | 24 | |
| Lakeside | 3.7 miles | 24 | |
| Ridgewood | 3.7 miles | 24 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Meadowbrook Terrace | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q11037539 | The 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 286664. 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.












