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.
Then and now
1919 to 1988The 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 sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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.
- 1919 USGS Fernandina quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Fernandina quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Amelia City quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
74 since 1993Regional 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 burning | 14 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BUCCANEER (45) |
| 8 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GREGORY AVE. (45) |
| 4 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FRANK WARD RD (45) |
| 18 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FLATWOODS TRAIL (45) |
| 18 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | INDEPENDENCE (45) |
| 4 July 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | INDEPENDENCE 2 (45) |
| 31 July 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia Island Placer | Titanium-Heavy Minerals | Occurrence | Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite |
Storms near this place
9 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2003 | Rip Current | Amelia City | 1 killed | Tourist 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 2004 | Lightning | Amelia City | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amelia City | $2,000 | Trees were blown down on Amelia Island which caused minor damage. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| March 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Amelia City | $2,000 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. Weak FO. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amelia 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 2006 | Hail | Amelia City | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amelia City | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Amelia City | - | no account filed |
| October 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Amelia City | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Beach | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Franklintown | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| O'Neil | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Nassauville | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Fernandina Beach | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Glenwood | 6.1 miles | 23 | |
| Old Fernandina | 6.9 miles | 22 | |
| Hedges | 7.5 miles | 22 |
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 City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4742238 | 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 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.








