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Amelia City, Florida

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Fernandina Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32034. It lies near Amelia Island. The Survey maps it on the Amelia City quadrangle.

Amelia City within Nassau County

Then and now

1919 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Amelia City, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Amelia City, surveyed 1919

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

74 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Amelia City between 1993 and 2020, burning about 413 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 12 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
Debris and open burning14
Natural14
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Other causes1

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
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBUCCANEER (45)
8 August 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGREGORY AVE. (45)
4 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceFRANK WARD RD (45)
18 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceFLATWOODS TRAIL (45)
18 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2015Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceINDEPENDENCE (45)
4 July 2015Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceINDEPENDENCE 2 (45)
31 July 2000Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nassau County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Amelia City: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium-Heavy Minerals. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Amelia Island PlacerTitanium-Heavy MineralsOccurrenceMonazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite

Every working recorded in Nassau County

Storms near this place

9 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amelia City in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 rip current. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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
September 2003Rip CurrentAmelia City1 killedTourist drowned when caught in rip current at an unguarded beach. Rough surf from Hurricane Isabel was developing and the Jacksonville surf forecast indicated a "moderate risk of rip currents" for the day with increasing surf later in the week. Nassau County Beach Patrol reported 6 rescues due to rip currents.
July 2004LightningAmelia City2 hurtno account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindAmelia City$2,000Trees were blown down on Amelia Island which caused minor damage. The cost of damage was estimated.
March 2000Tornado (F0)Amelia City$2,000Large trees and power lines were blown down. Weak FO.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindAmelia City-A tree was blown down at the intersection of Buccaneer Trail and 1st Coast Highway. The time of damage was based on radar.
May 2006HailAmelia City-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindAmelia City-no account filed
May 2006HailAmelia City-no account filed
October 2005Funnel CloudAmelia City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nassau 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
American Beach1.3 miles21
Franklintown2.4 miles21
O'Neil3.6 miles22
Nassauville3.6 miles22
Fernandina Beach5.5 miles22
Glenwood6.1 miles23
Old Fernandina6.9 miles22
Hedges7.5 miles22

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.

Wikipedia article on Amelia CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4742238The 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 294652. 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.

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.