Neilhurst, Florida
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Orange Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32003. It stands on Mainard Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fleming Island quadrangle.
Then and now
1917 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 75 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
11 surveys from 20 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 Fleming Island quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Fleming Island quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
110 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Neilhurst between 1992 and 2019, burning about 491 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ORANGE PARK MALL (10) |
| 18 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | FLORIDA STREET (10) |
| 15 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 10 TUMBLEWEED 2 2008-07-0437 |
| 11 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 10 TUMBLEWEED 2008-07-0432 |
| 29 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PINE FOREST DR. 2005-07-0150 |
| 29 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | RADAR ROAD 2005-07-0151 |
| 23 July 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | NORTHWAY FIRE (10) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Neilhurst: 3 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | |
| Russell Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Russell Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Florida Solite Company - Russell Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Hole No 33 Clay Prospect | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Hole No 36 Clay Prospect | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Hole No 53 Clay Prospect | Clay | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Echockotee | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Lakeside | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Peoria Siding | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Laurel Grove | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Holly Point | 2.9 miles | 24 | |
| Doctors Inlet | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Ridgewood | 3.3 miles | 24 | |
| Orange Park | 3.3 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.
| Wikidata item Q122590641 | 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 295479. 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.










