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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.

Meldrim Park within St. Johns County

Then and now

1947 to 1991

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Meldrim Park, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Meldrim Park, surveyed 1947

Compare 1947 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

120 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural52
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
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
9 September 1994Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 September 1994Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWOODWARD (55)
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWOODWARD RD(55)
10 September 2018Natural5.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGREENHOUSE (55)
5 August 2011Natural7.3 acresFlorida Forest ServicePACETTI DIRT MOUND (55)
4 August 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Johns County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Meldrim Park1 hurtJust 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.

Every storm recorded in St. Johns 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
Lane Landing2.1 miles13
Pocotalaco (historical)2.2 miles13
Picolata2.6 miles13
San Nicolas Tolentino (historical)2.6 miles13
Tocoi2.9 miles13
Bass Haven3.0 miles13
Bakersville3.9 miles12
Molasses Junction4.3 miles12

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 Q122564035The 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.