Yellow Bluff Fort, Florida
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32226. It lies near Alligator Island. The Survey maps it on the Eastport 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 Yellow Bluff Fort
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Yellow Bluff Fortlisted 1970 · 0.0 miles away
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.
- 1918 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Eastport quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Eastport quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS EastPort quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Eastport quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Eastport quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Yellow Bluff Fort between 1992 and 2020, burning about 755 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 8 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 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2014 | Natural | 3.6 acres | Florida Forest Service | GATE FORTY TWO (16) |
| 5 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ZOO (16) |
| 22 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve | GREEN TRAIL |
| 22 July 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 Yellow Bluff Fort: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A C Skinner Deposit | Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium | Past Producer | ||
| U S Gypsum/ Jacksonville, Fla. | Gypsum-Anhydrite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Berlin | 0.2 miles | 24 | |
| Dames Point Manor | 0.6 miles | 24 | |
| Dames Point | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Gilmore | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Newcastle | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Quinlan | 2.6 miles | 24 | |
| Eastport | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Beacon Hills | 2.8 miles | 24 |
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 Q122595747 | 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 295718. 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.












