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San Jose, Florida

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32217. It stands on Goodbys Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bayard quadrangle.

San Jose within Duval County

Then and now

1917 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of San Jose, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of San Jose, surveyed 1917

Compare 1917 against another survey:

On record in San Jose

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 12 of 24 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Duval County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

48 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of San Jose between 1993 and 2017, burning about 158 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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 use16
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Fireworks1
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
2 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSAN DIEGO 2 (16)
29 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSAN DIEGO(16)
2 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 July 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 1998Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 June 2015Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceANDERS RD (16)
4 June 1993Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Storms near this place

9 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Jose in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. 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
June 2017LightningSan Jose$30,000A home was struck by lightning. Smoke was coming from the refrigerator. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for Storm Data.
September 1995Tornado (F0)San Jose$25,000Tornado downed trees, damaged one home, and several autos at Point Pleasant Road and San Jose; then moved east across a marsh just north of JT Butler Boulevard.
August 2018LightningSan Jose$200A tree was struck by lightning along Sanchez Road. The cost of damage was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. The time of damage was based on lightning data.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSan Jose-A photo was shared via social media of a large branch | down near Smullian Trail near San Jose. The time of damage was estimated via radar.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindSan Jose-A tree was blown down on powerlines at 7461 Phillips Highway. The time of damage was based on radar data.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindSan Jose-Several downed trees and powerlines were observed at Old Kings Rd and San Clerc Rd. Several unanchored storage sheds were overturned and fencing damaged along Old Kings Rd.
July 2021Tornado (EF1)San Jose-A cyclonic supercell storm within an outer rain band of TS Elsa's east side produced two tornado touchdowns. The first touchdown occurred in south-central Duval County and then over eastern Camden County in SE Georgia. This report will focus on the Duval County damage. A NWS Storm Survey found that the tornado initially touched down along San Ardo Drive, just NE of Beauclerc. Large tree branches were snapped and damage occurred to residences near Goodby's Creek. The tornado continued to track northward through San Jose with EF-1 damage noted along Old King's Road South and Powers Avenue, just west of Baker-Skinner Park where several trees were completely uprooted. One large pine tree was snapped and fell over a deck at the Heron Walk Apartment Complex. The tornado reached it's peak intensity and width as it crossed Phillips Highway and moved along Bowdendale Avenue where significant damage was noted to several industrial buildings. Damage to the buildings included metal siding ripped off and roofs peeled back, with debris lofted to the top of a nearby radio antenna tower. The tornado crossed Interstate 95 near the Bowden Road interchange, where large tree branches snapped and more roof damage occurred alogn Spring Park Road. The tornado weakened as it impacted University Christian School and then just northeast of Englewood High School, where tree branches were snapped along Daryl Road.
April 2017HailSan Jose-Quarter size hail was reported at the San Jose Country Club.
August 2004Funnel CloudSan Jose-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Duval 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
San Jose Forest0.9 miles21
Lakewood1.6 miles21
Bowden1.6 miles23
San Nicolas Palica (historical)1.7 miles23
Larsen2.6 miles21
Pineland Gardens2.7 miles23
Goodbys2.8 miles22
Beauclerc3.1 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 290477. 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.