Rideout, Florida
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Middleburg-Clay Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32068. It stands on Little Black 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
254 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 254 fires within 5 miles of Rideout between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,863 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 34 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 70 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 1996 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 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 |
| 7 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MINK ROAD FIRE 2004-07-0235 |
| 6 July 2004 | Fireworks | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2004-07-0233 |
| 6 July 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Rideout: 7 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 past producer, 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 24 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 |
Storms near this place
12 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rideout in 12 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rideout | $1,000 | Communications and electronics went down from a fallen tree along the 600 block of Simmons Trail. There was a lot of small limbs and tree debris down across Sunbridge Road from Henley Road to Ronnie Van Zant park. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for Storm Data. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rideout | - | Two large trees were blown down across the southbound land of Henley Road. One tree fell onto power lines. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rideout | - | A large tree was blown down near the 160 block of Johns Street. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rideout | - | A large tree was blown down onto a home which caused minor roof damage. The time of the event was based on radar. |
| May 2023 | Heavy Rain | Rideout | - | A mesonet station in Middleburg measured 2.03 inches of rain in about 1 hour. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Rideout | - | Portions of Little Black Creek were overflowing it's banks and impacting croplands and yards in the area. This report was from MPNG. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated for inclusion in Storm Data. |
| August 2021 | Heavy Rain | Rideout | - | A private weather station near Russel Road and Henley Road measured 4.83 inches of rainfall in the past 2 hours. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Rideout | - | A public rain gauge measured a storm total rainfall of 2.06 inches. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rideout | - | A tree was blown down. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Rideout | - | Quarter size hail was observed just south of Sandridge Road between Middleburg and Green Cove Springs. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rideout | - | A two foot diameter tree was uprooted off of County Road 739 and Black Creek in the McRae Landing Subdivision. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rideout | - | Multiple trees were blown down on homes along Hidden Waters Drive. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Bend | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Black Creek (historical) | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Doctors Inlet | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Asbury Lake | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Peoria Siding | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Middleburg | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Solite (historical) | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Lakeside | 3.9 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 Q122568397 | 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 307207. 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.











