American Beach, 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 stands on Harrison Creek. 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.


On record in American Beach
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 3 records
Ervin's Restlisted 1998
Hippard Houselisted 2001- Evans Rendezvouslisted 2002
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
44 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of American Beach between 1993 and 2018, burning about 230 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BUCCANEER (45) |
| 19 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2003-07-1089 |
| 4 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FRANK WARD RD (45) |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | BIG TALBOT FIRE 2006-07-0268 |
| 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) |
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 American Beach: 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
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names American Beach in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2004: 1 waterspout, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 2004 | Funnel Cloud | American Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Waterspout | American Beach | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia City | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Franklintown | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Nassauville | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| O'Neil | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Fernandina Beach | 6.6 miles | 22 | |
| Glenwood | 7.4 miles | 23 | |
| Old Fernandina | 7.9 miles | 22 | |
| Hedges | 8.4 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 277835. 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.








