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Russell, Florida

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Green Cove Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32043. It stands on Pecks Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fleming Island quadrangle.

Russell within Clay County

Then and now

1917 to 1992

The 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 sheet of Russell, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Russell, surveyed 1917

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

146 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Russell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,042 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 16 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 maintenance35
Natural33
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Arson/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 1996Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2006Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Service835
25 August 1999Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFLORIDA STREET (10)
15 August 1995Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 July 2019Arson/incendiarism15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBRADLEY CREEK (10)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Russell: 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Russell MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Russell MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Clay County Steam Brick Co PitClayPast Producer
Florida Solite Company - Russell MineClayUnknown
Hole No 24 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 33 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 36 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 53 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

9 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Russell in 9 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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
May 2025Thunderstorm WindRussell$2,000An anchored pergola was lifted and thrown into the neighbor's yard and a newly planted | tree was uprooted along Evening Oaks Ln. | Images and video were sent via social media. | Time was estimated by radar and the cost of damage was estimated for inclusion in Storm Data.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindRussell$500A tree was blown down near the intersection of Russel Road and Pine Hollow Road. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindRussell-Trained spotter reports numerous trees down in the vicinity of Asbury Lake.
September 2023Tornado (EF0)Russell-A witness reported a land spout that last for about 4 minutes and tracked WSW to ENE across a construction site just south of Sandridge Road near Feed Mill Road. The vortex crossed over a construction site where it lifted garbage debris and dust. Structure damage did not occur.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRussell-Power outages with tree limbs down in NE Clay county.
January 2014Heavy RainRussell-Both a storm spotter and NWS employee measured 3.5 inches of rainfall in 24 hours on the west side of Fleming Island.
August 2013Heavy RainRussell-Heavy rainfall of 2.25-2.49 inches was measured in 90 minutes.
July 2013Heavy RainRussell-Minor street flooding was reported near Lake Asbury. Rainfall amounts of 2.75 to 3 inches were measured in just over 2 hours.
May 2010HailRussell-Quarter size hail and gusty winds were reported by a local business in Lake Asbury.

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Solite (historical)0.8 miles21
Hibernia2.7 miles20
Fellowship Park2.7 miles20
Doctors Inlet3.4 miles21
Black Creek (historical)3.7 miles21
Peoria Siding3.8 miles21
Rideout3.9 miles21
Asbury Lake4.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 290073. 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.