Casa Cola, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the St. Augustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32095. It stands on Casa Cola Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Augustine quadrangle.
Then and now
1937 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 44 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
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1937 USGS St. Augustine quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS St. Augustine quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS St. Augustine quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Saint Augustine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
193 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Casa Cola between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,573 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 20 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 | 52 |
| Natural | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WINN DIXIE (55) |
| 5 September 2020 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SAN SEBASTIAN (55) |
| 5 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | TWELVE MILE SWAMP #3 (55) |
| 15 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 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 Casa Cola: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Johns Co. Rd. and Bridge - Woodlawn Pit | Sand | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Casa Cola in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Lightning | Casa Cola | $10,000 | A roof fire was ignited by lightning in the eagle Creek sub-division east of U.S. Highway 1. A woman and a young child escaped through a bedroom window after smoke alarms woke the family. Her husband and two other young children escaped through the front door. A family dog was also rescued and treated with a pet oxygen mask after it was found inside the house. The worst damage from the fire was to the attic above the garage, though smoke penetrated the rest of the house. |
| May 2013 | Lightning | Casa Cola | $500 | Lightning struck the St. Augustine Regional Airport runway which caused damage to a 5 foot by 6 foot area of the runway. That section of the runway was closed due to needed repairs. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casa Cola | - | Power lines were blown down on Pine Circle West. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| September 2023 | Flood | Casa Cola | - | Significant flooding, including inundation into at least 2 homes at the time of the report, occurred along and east of U.S. Highway 1 near Palencia. Flood water covered neighborhood roads north of the St. Augustine Airport to Palencia. The 2 homes that were flooded at the time of the report were along Palmetto Drive. Radar and ground truth rainfall measurements were 6-8 inches across these areas over 2 hours. There was also street flooding reported in historic downtown St Augustine along Cordova St a known flood-prone area. |
| February 2021 | Hail | Casa Cola | - | Quarter size hail was observed just north of the St. Augustine airport. The time of the event was based on radar data. |
| July 2021 | Flood | Casa Cola | - | The southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 1 were flooded near the intersection of US Highway 1 and Venetian Blvd near a construction zone. |
| September 2020 | Heavy Rain | Casa Cola | - | The St. Augustine airport AWOS measured 2.80 inches within 3 hours. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casa Cola | - | Trees and power lines were blown down near 6281 Old Dixie Drive in St. Augustine. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Araquey | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Usina Beach | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Woodlawn | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| South Ponte Vedra Beach | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| El Rey Residential Court | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Vilano Beach | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Nombre de Dios (historical) | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Augustine | 5.6 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122597349 | 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 307909. 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.






