BlockVenetia, Florida
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32210. The Survey maps it on the Orange Park quadrangle.
Then and now
1917 to 1994The 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.
Compare 1917 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 24 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.
- 1917 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Venetia between 1992 and 2019, burning about 460 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 11 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 | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2003-07-1098 |
| 21 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 330 |
| 2 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SAN DIEGO 2 (16) |
| 2 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROOSEVELT BLVD (16) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Venetia in 12 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 6 heavy rain, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Venetia | 1 killed | A tree was blown down onto 2 cars on Roosevelt Blvd. One 25 yr old male driving one of the cars was killed instantly when the large tree fell onto his vehicle. Images broadcast by media suggested the tree base may have been rotted and impacted by termites. This did not appear to be a healthy tree. |
| August 2025 | Heavy Rain | Venetia | - | Personal weather station KFLJACKS4911 measured 2 inches of rain in 50 minutes. |
| August 2025 | Heavy Rain | Venetia | - | Mesonet station CW0639 Jacksonville measured 2.03 inches of rain in the past hour. Rain began around 1230 PM. |
| September 2024 | Heavy Rain | Venetia | - | A mesonet station DW7456 Jacksonville measured | 4.72 inches of rain. Rain began around 5 PM. | About 4 inches fell between 6 PM and 9 PM. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Venetia | - | A large tree was blown down onto a vehicle causing significant damage on Lofty Pine Circle. Several large trees were uprooted in Ortega and fell across roads and powerlines. A transformer was also blown down. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Venetia | - | A tree was blown down off of Roosevelt Blvd near Timuquana Road. A hard top gazebo roof was also blown off. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Venetia | - | The public measured 3.94 inches of rainfall in Ortega in the last 6 hours. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Venetia | - | Naval Air Station measured 2.23 inches in about 30 minutes. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Venetia | - | Trees and power line wires were blown down around the 5500 block of 118th Street. The time of the event was based on radar. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Venetia | - | Penny size hail was reported at the intersection of Venetia and Ortega Blvds. Heavy rain and minor street flooding were also reported. |
| August 2012 | Heavy Rain | Venetia | - | Naval Air Station Jacksonville measured a 12 hour rainfall of 3.84 inches. The one hour total of 3.45 inches occurred between 3 and 4 pm. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Venetia | - | Naval Air Station Jacksonville reported damage to street signs and trees associated with a wind gust measured at 58 miles an hour at 3:11 p.m EST. The report was relayed by Naval Air Station Jacksonville Weather Office. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Dewey Park | 1.2 miles | 24 | |
| Ortega Terrace | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Ortega Forest | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Venetia Terrace | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Ortega Farms | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Ortega | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Wesconnett | 1.9 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 292743. 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.