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Neptune Beach, Florida

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville Beaches census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32266. It stands on Hopkins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville Beach quadrangle. 7,217 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 10 feet above sea level.

Neptune Beach within Duval County

Then and now

1918 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Neptune Beach, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Neptune Beach, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Neptune Beach grew from 7,037 to 7,217 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20107,037
20207,217+180 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Neptune Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 386 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 14 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
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
16 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 1998Natural150 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 August 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2012Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceEVERGREEN (16)
28 July 1992Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 July 2005Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresFlorida Forest Service2005-07-0149
20 July 2002Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Storms near this place

38 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Neptune Beach in 38 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 9 flood, 6 hail, 4 heavy rain. The reports record 7 injuries. 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
July 2006Thunderstorm WindNeptune Beach7 hurtno account filed
August 2022LightningNeptune Beach$2,000A lightning struck a home in Neptune Beach which caused damage to the exterior of the house and power outage but no fire was reported.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindNeptune Beach$200A large tree was blown down in north JAX Beach and blocked the road at the intersection of 9th Ave and 9th Street. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindNeptune Beach$200Large tree branches and a palm tree were snapped and blown down. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
August 2025Heavy RainNeptune Beach-A Weatherstem site in Jacksonville Beach reported 3.38 inches of rain. The heaviest rainfall was from around 9 am to 11 am.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindNeptune Beach-Trees were damage and power lines blown down along Neptune Lane. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2023FloodNeptune Beach-Minor street flooding due to heavy rainfall was reported in JAX Beach. This is a known poor drainage area.
June 2023FloodNeptune Beach-Minor street flooding was reported across Neptune Beach.
June 2023FloodNeptune Beach-An observer measured about 1.5 inches in 2 hours in Jacksonville Beach. This rainfall created minor street flooding in the area.
December 2023FloodNeptune Beach-Street flooding with water about 1 foot to 1.5 ft deep was reported at the intersection of of 1st Street and 8th Avenue in Neptune Beach.
July 2022FloodNeptune Beach-A CoCoRaHS observer reported minor street flooding at the intersection of 8th AVE N and 10th ST N. The rainfall total was measured at 2.16 inches at 4 PM EDT. The rain began around 3 pm EDT. A flood warning was in effect.
July 2022FloodNeptune Beach-Street flooding was shown along the intersection of Beach Blvd. and 4th St. N in a video relayed via social media. The water was of unknown depth but cars were able to drive through. Surrounding sites measured 2.5 to 3.5 inches of rain. A flood warning was in effect.
August 2022Funnel CloudNeptune Beach-A funnel cloud was reported near Neptune Beach. It lasted about 3 to 4 minutes.
August 2022FloodNeptune Beach-A video of minor street flooding in Jacksonville Beach was relayed via social media.
December 2020Thunderstorm WindNeptune Beach-A tree was blown down at Seagate Lane and Puryear Street.
September 2019Funnel CloudNeptune Beach-A funnel cloud from a shower was reported moving onshore just east of 9th Avenue North in Jacksonville Beach.
May 2017Heavy RainNeptune Beach-A report of 2.24 inches was measured in Neptune Beach.
May 2017Heavy RainNeptune Beach-An observer measured daily rainfall of 3.01 inches in Jacksonville Beach.
May 2017HailNeptune Beach-Golf ball size hail was reported in Neptune Beach.
May 2017HailNeptune Beach-Quarter size hail was observed near Fletcher High School in Atlantic Beach.
May 2017HailNeptune Beach-Half dollar size hail was reported in Neptune Beach.
May 2017HailNeptune Beach-Quarter size hail was reported along Penman Road.
September 2017Flash FloodNeptune Beach-Water was flooding 3rd Street near Pita Pit in Jacksonville Beach with additional flooding reports just west on 5th Street.
December 2016FloodNeptune Beach-Street flooding was reported near Fletcher High School and along and south of 4th Avenue in Jacksonville Beach.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindNeptune Beach-Winds were estimated between 50-60 mph.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindNeptune Beach-Social media reported that the Aqua East Surf Shop sign was blown out.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindNeptune Beach-Severe damage occurred to a home at 690 Goldenrod Lane South due to thunderstorm winds. Trees and power lines were blown down between the house and the intersection of A1A and Atlantic Blvd. Cars were moved by the wind in the Walgreens parking at A1A and Atlantic Blvd. Light poles were blown over in the K-Mart parking lot.
November 2015Heavy RainNeptune Beach-The public measured 8.7 inches of rainfall within 16 hours.
November 2014Thunderstorm WindNeptune Beach-A large tree was blown down and fell through a brick home and caused significant damage.
November 2014Thunderstorm WindNeptune Beach-The roof of an apartment complex was damaged at 127 South 1st Avenue. The time of damage was based on radar and timing of wind gusts in the area from observation stations.
June 2008HailNeptune Beach-A spotter reported penny size hail at 1st Avenue South and 4th Street in Jacksonville Beach.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindNeptune Beach-3 large trees blown down at the intersection of Forest Ave and Indian Woods Drive and also the Intersection of Strickland Rd. and Jaboe Lane.
November 2001FloodNeptune Beach-A portion of Main Street closed due to street flooding.
October 2000Rip CurrentNeptune Beach-Two 10-year old girls were swept into the Atlantic by a strong ripcurrent. Three surfers saved them.
March 1993HailNeptune Beach-Large hail fell near Neptune Beach.
October 2004Rip CurrentNeptune Beach-no account filed
September 2004Tornado (F0)Neptune Beach-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindNeptune Beach-no account filed

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
Jacksonville Beach1.2 miles26
Atlantic Beach1.6 miles26
Donner1.9 miles26
San Pablo2.5 miles26
Holiday Harbor2.5 miles26
Isle of Palms2.6 miles26
Pablo Keys3.1 miles26
Isle of Palms South3.6 miles26

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 Neptune BeachAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q989461The 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 287587. 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.