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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.

Yukon 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 Yukon, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Yukon, surveyed 1917

Compare 1917 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

99 since 1992

Regional 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 use28
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Natural14
Arson/incendiarism13
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony3

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
25 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2003-07-1098
21 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresFlorida Forest Service330
2 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceORANGE PARK MALL (10)
30 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROOSEVELT BLVD (16)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Storms near this place

11 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2022LightningYukon1 hurtA teenager was electrocuted by a lightning strike on Roosevelt Blvd resulting in an injury.
May 2019LightningYukon$5,000Lightning 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 2019Thunderstorm WindYukon$3,000A 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 2023HailYukon-Quarter to pea size hail was observed at the intersection of US 17 and Interstate 295.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindYukon-A tree was blown on a mobile home along Collins Road near Ortega. No injuries were reported.
May 2014HailYukon-Quarter size hail was reported off of Collins Road in and Blanding Blvd. in Orange Park.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindYukon-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 2012Heavy RainYukon-The public measured 4.86 inches of rainfall.
August 2009FloodYukon-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 2008HailYukon-Penny size hail was reported. Some stones were slightly larger.
July 2007HailYukon-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.

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
Dewey Park0.3 miles24
Venetia0.9 miles24
Venetia Terrace1.1 miles24
Ortega Hills1.5 miles24
Ortega Farms1.7 miles21
Wesconnett1.9 miles24
Ortega Forest2.0 miles21
Ortega Terrace2.0 miles21

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.