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Oakwood Villa, Florida

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32211. It stands on Red Bay Branch. The Survey maps it on the Arlington quadrangle.

Oakwood Villa 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 Oakwood Villa, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Oakwood Villa, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

On record in Oakwood Villa

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Oakwood Villa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 312 acres in total. 9 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 use31
Arson/incendiarism14
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use12 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSAN DIEGO 2 (16)
3 August 1994Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSAN DIEGO(16)
29 July 1992Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 July 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Oakwood Villa: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Titanium, Zirconium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
A C Skinner DepositThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumPast Producer
Humphries Gold Corp MineTitanium, ZirconiumPast Producer
Jacksonville PlacerTitanium-Heavy MineralsProducerRutile, Zircon, Ilmenite

Every working recorded in Duval County

Storms near this place

14 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakwood Villa in 14 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 6 heavy rain, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020Thunderstorm WindOakwood Villa$1,500Thundestorm outflow winds of 40-45 mph caused wind damage off of Atlantic Blvd in the Glenlea Subdivision. A carport was flipped and tossed and there were several tree branches broken. The time of the event was based on radar and the cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindOakwood Villa-A tree was blown down onto powerlines at 7171 Arlington Expressway. The time of damage was based on radar data.
June 2024FloodOakwood Villa-There was an estimated three feet of water at Millcreek Road and Arlington Expressway with vehicles stuck in flood waters with no injuries reported.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindOakwood Villa-A large tree branch was blocking the left lane of the Arlington Expressway eastbound near the Southside Connector ramp.
July 2022Heavy RainOakwood Villa-A personal weather observation station BELLEMEADE - KFLJACKS3932. The rain began around 4:40 PM EDT. Surrounding stations ranged from 2 to 3 inches of rainfall. A flood warning was in effect.
June 2021Heavy RainOakwood Villa-Storm total rainfall of 2.2 inches was measured in Grove Park. Some road still had standing water.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindOakwood Villa-A tree was blown down in Alderman Park. The time of damage was based on radar.
May 2017Heavy RainOakwood Villa-An observer measured 2.76 inches within 2 hours.
May 2017FloodOakwood Villa-Flood water along Glynlea Road was reaching doorways of homes on Oglethorpe Road.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindOakwood Villa-A tree was blown down. The time of damage was based on radar.
May 2017Heavy RainOakwood Villa-An observer measured 2.21 inches since 0700 EDT and 6.22 inches since Monday.
May 2017Heavy RainOakwood Villa-A station measured 2.1 inches.
June 2017FloodOakwood Villa-Glynlea Road at Oglethorpe Road was flooded. Water was up to the door of a home.
July 2017Heavy RainOakwood Villa-An observer measured 4.65 inches since midnight south of downtown near Glynlea.

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
Holiday Hill1.0 miles23
Southside Estates1.8 miles23
Arlington1.8 miles23
Hogan1.8 miles23
Eggleston Heights1.9 miles23
Spring Glen2.2 miles23
Floral Bluff2.3 miles23
Azalea Terrace2.3 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 288026. 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.