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Phoenix Park, Florida

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32208. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville quadrangle.

Phoenix Park 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 Phoenix Park, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Phoenix Park, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

On record in Phoenix Park

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 21 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Phoenix Park between 1992 and 2017, burning about 194 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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 use25
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
24 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use12 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 1994Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSAN DIEGO(16)
18 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 1995Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 2016Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceZOO (16)
7 June 2010Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Service16 CEDAR BAY 2010-07-0313
6 June 2015Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFACTORY (16)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Phoenix Park: 2 plants. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Perlite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Chemrock/ Jacksonville, Fla.PerlitePlant
Kaiser Cement & Gypsum/JacksonvilleGypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working 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
Pearl Court0.2 miles21
Panama Park0.9 miles22
North Shore1.0 miles22
Talleyrand1.1 miles21
Brentwood1.2 miles21
Norwood1.3 miles22
Lake Forest Manor1.8 miles22
Oakhurst1.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300966. 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.