Yukon, 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 32244. 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
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Yukon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 489 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 13 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 | 28 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 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 |
| 5 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ORANGE PARK MALL (10) |
| 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
11 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yukon in 11 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Lightning | Yukon | 1 hurt | A teenager was electrocuted by a lightning strike on Roosevelt Blvd resulting in an injury. |
| May 2019 | Lightning | Yukon | $5,000 | Lightning strikes caused a fire in a hangar at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yukon | $3,000 | A large tree was blown down onto a roof of a home near Collins Road and Blanding Blvd. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Yukon | - | Quarter to pea size hail was observed at the intersection of US 17 and Interstate 295. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yukon | - | A tree was blown on a mobile home along Collins Road near Ortega. No injuries were reported. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Yukon | - | Quarter size hail was reported off of Collins Road in and Blanding Blvd. in Orange Park. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yukon | - | Trees were blown down on 4 homes along 118th Street on the Jacksonville Westside, and one tree was blown down on a car. No injuries were reported. The time of the event was based on radar imagery. |
| August 2012 | Heavy Rain | Yukon | - | The public measured 4.86 inches of rainfall. |
| August 2009 | Flood | Yukon | - | Flooding occurred along Riverside Avenue near St. Vincent's Hospital toward Interstate 95. The water was 8 inches deep in some areas. A forecaster a NAS Jacksonville measured 1.81 inches of rainfall in 20 minutes. From 3:55 pm local time to 4:58 pm local time, NAS Jacksonville measured a total of 3.19 inches. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Yukon | - | Penny size hail was reported. Some stones were slightly larger. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Yukon | - | A Naval observer about 2 miles northwest of Orange Park reported dime to quarter size hail. Trash cans were blown down the street and there was damage to a gazebo. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewey Park | 0.3 miles | 24 | |
| Venetia | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Venetia Terrace | 1.1 miles | 24 | |
| Ortega Hills | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Ortega Farms | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Wesconnett | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Ortega Forest | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Ortega Terrace | 2.0 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 293609. 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.












