Glencoe, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the New Smyrna Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32168. The Survey maps it on the New Smyrna Beach quadrangle. 2,170 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 20 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1937 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 41 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1937 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresGlencoe fell from 2,582 to 2,170 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,582 | |
| 2020 | 2,170 | -412 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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 Port Orange quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Port Orange quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Port Orange quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS New Smyrna Beach quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Port Orange quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS New Smyrna Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
253 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 253 fires within 5 miles of Glencoe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,140 acres in total. 130 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 130 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WF 10TH STREET |
| 17 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WF 10TH STREET #2 |
| 15 September 2013 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | CHAMPION-I95 (64) |
| 9 August 2010 | Natural | 6.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | WF-64-ST.REGIS |
| 9 August 1999 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2010 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WF-64-SECTION 32 FIRE |
| 3 August 2016 | Natural | 17 acres | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | CHAMPION |
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 Glencoe: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot Deland - Edgewater Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glencoe in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2022 | Flash Flood | Glencoe | - | Flash flooding affected many locations within Volusia County due to 12-16 inches of rain, with isolated totals of up to 20 inches, which occurred over a 12-18 hour period. Many areas experienced standing water at/above 3 feet above ground level and water entered numerous homes. Numerous roadways were flooded and became impassible. Emergency Management officials indicated numerous water rescues occurred within the communities Daytona Beach, Port Orange, and New Smyrna Beach. |
| September 2022 | Flash Flood | Glencoe | - | Flash flooding affected many locations within Volusia County due to 12-16 inches of rain, with isolated totals of up to 20 inches, which occurred over a 12-18 hour period. Many areas experienced standing water at/above 3 feet above ground level and water entered numerous homes. Numerous roadways were flooded and became impassible. Emergency Management officials indicated numerous water rescues occurred within the communities Daytona Beach, Port Orange, and New Smyrna Beach. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Glencoe | - | Broadcast media relayed a report of quarter sized hail in Oliver Estates in New Smyrna Beach. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Glencoe | - | Public reported estimated golf ball-sized hail southwest of Glencoe. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | - | Public reported estimated 60 mph winds southwest of Glencoe. |
| August 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Glencoe | - | Volusia County EVAC Ambulance personnel reported a tornado touchdown in a heavily wooded area just west of Interstate 95 and south of State Road 44 in rural Volusia County to the west of New Smyrna Beach. The brief tornado touchdown occurred along the southwest edge of a cluster of strong thunderstorms which were training slowly northward. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Glencoe | - | Quarter size hail was reported at Interstate 95 and Highway SR44. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Mill Estates | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Mission City | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Sugar Mill Ruins Travel Park | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| New Smyrna Beach | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| New Smyrna (historical) | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Isleboro | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Edgewater Junction | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Samsula | 4.2 miles | 12 |
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 Glencoe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2980040 | 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 283113. 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.








