Royal Terrace, 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 32209. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville quadrangle.
Then and now
1918 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1918 against another survey:
On record in Royal Terrace
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lewis Mausoleumlisted 1997 · 0.6 miles away- Memorial Cemeterylisted 2020 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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 Jacksonville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Royal Terrace between 1992 and 2019, burning about 328 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 17 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 use | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2016 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LANE SWAMP (16) |
| 18 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-07-1032 |
| 3 July 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PRITCHARD RAMP (16) |
| 27 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 16 TRUCKING FIRE 2010-07-0417 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Royal Terrace: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemrock/ Jacksonville, Fla. | Perlite | Plant | ||
| Kaiser Cement & Gypsum/Jacksonville | Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnolia Gardens | 0.7 miles | 22 | |
| Lake Park Estates | 0.9 miles | 22 | |
| Lake Forest Hills | 1.2 miles | 22 | |
| Norwood | 1.3 miles | 22 | |
| Oakhurst | 1.4 miles | 22 | |
| Grand Park | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Ribault Manor | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Grand Crossing | 1.9 miles | 21 |
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 Q122551654 | 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 290043. 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.










