Peoria Siding, Florida
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Orange Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32068. It stands on Duck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Middleburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1918 to 1993The 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
12 surveys from 21 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 Middleburg quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Middleburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Middleburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Middleburg quadrangle1:24000, 5 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
- 1993 USGS Middleburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
161 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Peoria Siding between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,125 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 35 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 34 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 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 |
| 21 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SHERWOOD DRIVE (10) |
| 21 July 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CREEKFRONT FIRE 2006-07-0204 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Peoria Siding: 6 occurrences, 3 producers, 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 19 Clay Prospect | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Hole No 22 Clay Prospect | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Hole No 33 Clay Prospect | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Hole No 36 Clay Prospect | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Hole No 42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctors Inlet | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Lakeside | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Ridgewood | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Neilhurst | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Rideout | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Solite (historical) | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Rattlesnake Bend | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Camp Echockotee | 3.8 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 Q122595887 | 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 295048. 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.











