Pecan Park, Florida
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Jacksonville North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32218. The Survey maps it on the Hedges quadrangle.
Then and now
1918 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 70 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
10 surveys from 22 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 St Marys quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS St Marys quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1919 USGS St. Marys quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Hedges quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
140 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Pecan Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,636 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 24 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 | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| 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 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-07-1084 |
| 10 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | 41 acres | Florida Forest Service | 95 WEST FIRE 2006-07-0273 |
| 5 August 2015 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HALF MOON (16) |
| 26 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2001 | Natural | 6.0 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 Pecan Park: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis L. Huntley - Huntley Farm Pond Ex Mine | Clay | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pecan Park in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Heavy Rain | Pecan Park | - | A personal weather station Weather 1 - KFLJACKS4662 measured 2.30 inches in the | past hour. |
| September 2023 | Heavy Rain | Pecan Park | - | A public weather station along Pecan Park Road just west of Interstate 95 measured a daily storm total rainfall of 4.49 inches. Other stations in the area measured 2-4 inches of daily storm total 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tisonia | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Duval | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Dunn Creek | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Beeghly Heights | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Oceanway | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Joels Landing | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Shady Rest | 4.5 miles | 22 | |
| San Mateo | 4.7 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 288650. 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.









