Pablo Keys, Florida
26 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 32250. It lies near Beswick Island. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville Beach quadrangle.
Then and now
1918 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1918 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 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.
- 1918 USGS Mayport quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville Beach quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Jacksonville Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Jacksonville Beach quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Jacksonville Beach quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
122 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Pablo Keys between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,140 acres in total. 51 started naturally. 16 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 | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 1992 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | 211 acres | Florida Forest Service | HODGES ONE (16) |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HODGES THREE (16) |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | 32 acres | Florida Forest Service | HODGES TWO (16) |
| 3 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PARKWAY II (16) |
| 3 August 1998 | Natural | 150 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2001 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pablo Keys: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral City Placer, Pontra Vedra | Titanium-Heavy Minerals | Producer | Zircon, Kyanite, Rutile, Ilmenite |
Storms near this place
3 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pablo Keys in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2025: 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Lightning | Pablo Keys | $10,000 | A home was struck by lightning and caught on fire. There was partial roof collapse. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| August 2025 | Flood | Pablo Keys | - | Street and lawn flooding was observed near the Baptist hospital in Jacksonville Beach. Cars were still able to drive through streets without stalling. |
| July 2022 | Heavy Rain | Pablo Keys | - | A personal weather observation site Riptide - KFLJACKS4066 measured 4.03 inches of rain. The heavy rain began around 3 PM EDT and was ongoing at 4 PM EDT. Surrounding weather observation sites measured 2.5 to 3.5 inches of rainfall. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Palms South | 0.6 miles | 26 | |
| Isle of Palms | 0.9 miles | 26 | |
| Oak Landing | 1.4 miles | 26 | |
| San Pablo | 1.8 miles | 26 | |
| Jacksonville Beach | 2.2 miles | 26 | |
| Holiday Harbor | 2.5 miles | 26 | |
| Neptune Beach | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| Tolomato (historical) | 3.5 miles | 20 |
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 Q122539985 | 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 295520. 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.











