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Roy, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bunnell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32110. The Survey maps it on the Dinner Island quadrangle.

Roy within Flagler County

Then and now

1937 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Roy, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Roy, surveyed 1937

Compare 1937 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

157 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Roy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,786 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 29 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
Natural48
Arson/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning19
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
15 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF CARPENTER AVE., FLAGLER EST
8 August 2014Natural6.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMETHVIN FIRE (18)
7 August 2011Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service702(54)
7 August 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF CEDAR FORD
22 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceYEAGER (55)
20 August 1997Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2016Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWEST TOURNAMENT (64)
19 August 2006Natural35 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/YELVINGTON RD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Flagler County

Storms near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roy in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2013LightningRoy$15,000Lightning struck a home in north Jacksonville around 11 am EDT, which sparked an electrical fire inside the home. A trench was visible where the bolt traced the roots to an air-conditioning unit and into the homes electrical circuitry. The cost of damage was estimated at $15K.

Every storm recorded in Flagler 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
Myrtle Island3.3 miles12
Shell Bluff7.7 miles12
Andalusia8.1 miles10
Neoga10.2 miles14
Bimini11.7 miles9
Espanola12.2 miles14
Saint Johns Park13.8 miles10
Marineland15.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295590. 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.

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.