Meldrim Park, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the St. Augustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32092. It lies near Watson Island. The Survey maps it on the Picolata quadrangle.
Then and now
1947 to 1991The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1947 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1947 USGS Bostwick quadrangle1:50000
- 1949 USGS Bostwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Picolata quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Saint Augustine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Picolata quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
120 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Meldrim Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,914 acres in total. 52 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 52 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WOODWARD (55) |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WOODWARD RD(55) |
| 10 September 2018 | Natural | 5.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | GREENHOUSE (55) |
| 5 August 2011 | Natural | 7.3 acres | Florida Forest Service | PACETTI DIRT MOUND (55) |
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meldrim Park in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Meldrim Park | 1 hurt | Just before noon a supercell thunderstorm, embedded within |a larger squall line, generated a tornado that touched down in the|Trailmark and Samara Lakes neighborhoods. Radar data and damage |indicate that the tornado made an initial touchdown in a heavily |wooded area along County Road 13 North. The tornado rapidly moved |northeastward, reaching County Road 208 where a tree had been |snapped and fell onto an adjacent mobile home. Within the |Trailmark neighborhood, damage considered for the EF-1 rating |included destroyed fences, vinyl siding torn from residences, |roofing tiles and soffits damaged or torn from structures, |several broken windows, and destroyed screened-in patio areas. The|tornado reached peak intensity in the Trailmark neighborhood with|maximum estimated speed of 100 mph. The 6.7 mile long track ended|northeast of the the Samara Lakes neighborhood where similar |damage occurred. NWS survey results revealed the tornado reached |its widest point of 310 yards in the Samara Lakes neighborhood. |There was one minor injury associated with this tornado event. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Landing | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pocotalaco (historical) | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Picolata | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| San Nicolas Tolentino (historical) | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Tocoi | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bass Haven | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bakersville | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Molasses Junction | 4.3 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122564035 | 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 308025. 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.







