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.
Then and now
1937 to 1981The 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.


Compare 1937 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1937 USGS Dinner Island quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Dinner Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Dinner Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Dinner Island quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Saint Augustine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
157 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WF CARPENTER AVE., FLAGLER EST |
| 8 August 2014 | Natural | 6.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | METHVIN FIRE (18) |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 702(54) |
| 7 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WF CEDAR FORD |
| 22 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | YEAGER (55) |
| 20 August 1997 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2016 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WEST TOURNAMENT (64) |
| 19 August 2006 | Natural | 35 acres | Florida Forest Service | PUTNAM/YELVINGTON RD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Lightning | Roy | $15,000 | Lightning 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myrtle Island | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Shell Bluff | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Andalusia | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Neoga | 10.2 miles | 14 | |
| Bimini | 11.7 miles | 9 | |
| Espanola | 12.2 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Johns Park | 13.8 miles | 10 | |
| Marineland | 15.0 miles | 13 |
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.







