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Sunbeam, 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. The Survey maps it on the Bayard quadrangle.

Sunbeam 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 Sunbeam, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Sunbeam, surveyed 1917

Compare 1917 against another survey:

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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Sunbeam between 1992 and 2018, burning about 370 acres in total. 23 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
Equipment and vehicle use28
Natural23
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Fireworks1

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
23 August 2005Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBURM FIRE 2005-07-0170
20 August 2016Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSWAMP (16)
2 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 July 1999Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 1997Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 1998Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 1998Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Storms near this place

18 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunbeam in 18 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 4 heavy rain, 3 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
June 2009LightningSunbeam$10,000Lightning caused a house fire on Ripple Rush Drive North. A 6 foot by 3 foot hole was created in the roof. Firefighters had the fire under control within 20 minutes. The time of the event was based on radar and the cost of damage was estimated.
August 2017LightningSunbeam$5,000A house was struck by lightning along East Autumn Drive. The extent and cost of damage was unknown, but the cost was estimated so the event could be included in Storm Data.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSunbeam$2,000A snapped tree fell on a home in Mandarin. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
July 2019LightningSunbeam$1,000Lightning struck a home along Lourcey Road near the Avenues Mall. The cost of damage was unknown. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindSunbeam$1,000no account filed
September 2024Heavy RainSunbeam-A mesonet site about 4 miles SSW of the University of North Florida measured storm total rainfall of 5.82 inches since midnight.
September 2024Heavy RainSunbeam-A station measured storm total rainfall of 6.64 inches as of 8:10 am. Rainfall was since midnight.
September 2024Heavy RainSunbeam-A mesonet site 4 miles SSW of the University of North Florida measured storm total rainfall of 4.83 inches since midnight.
December 2020Thunderstorm WindSunbeam-A light pole was blown down in the Winn-Dixie parking light in Baymeadows.
December 2020Tornado (EF1)Sunbeam-Shortly before 7 pm on Christmas Eve, a QLCS tornado touched down just south of Baymeadows Blvd in the Baymeadows Subdivision. The tornado damaged trees. Peak winds were estimated at 105 mph.
July 2019HailSunbeam-Quarter size hail with 50 mph winds were observed at Jaybird Circle West.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSunbeam-Wires were blown down near Hood Road and Sunbeam Road. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2017HailSunbeam-Dime size hail was reported near Old St. Augustine Road and Interstate 95.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindSunbeam-A tree was blown down on Old Kings Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindSunbeam-Trees were blown down near Baymeadows Road in the Hampton Glen subdivision on the Southside of Jacksonville.
July 2014Heavy RainSunbeam-A retired broadcast meteorologist reported 3.15 inches or rainfall in Beauclerc since noon.
June 2008HailSunbeam-Quarter size hail was reported at the intersection of Interstate 295 and 9A.
March 2003HailSunbeam-Southside Blvd and Belle Rive.

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
Goodbys2.0 miles22
Deerwood Club2.3 miles22
Beauclerc Gardens2.9 miles24
Beauclerc2.9 miles24
Greenland3.0 miles22
Plummers3.0 miles24
San Jose3.2 miles22
Loretto3.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 291822. 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.