Horseshoe Beach, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Cross City South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32648. It lies near Grassy Island. The Survey maps it on the Horseshoe Beach quadrangle. 165 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1954 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresHorseshoe Beach fell from 169 to 165 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 | 169 | |
| 2020 | 165 | -4 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Horseshoe Beach quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Cedar Keys quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Horseshoe Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 248 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 8 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 15-HORSESHOE DUMP #361 |
| 30 August 2007 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 15 - WATER TOWER FIRE #0466 |
| 23 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 15-ROLLISON FIELD #2 FIRE-0452 |
| 13 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 15-GULF COAST FIRE-#204 |
| 31 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 351 SW (15) |
| 2 July 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | RAULERSON FIELD (15) |
| 7 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horseshoe Beach in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2016: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 storm surge/tide, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horseshoe Beach | $20,000 | Three homes suffered roof damage from falling trees. Two small barns were destroyed. One camper trailer was destroyed while another was damaged. Two vehicles and one house trailer received damage. Numerous trees and power lines were downed. Damage survey confirmed damage was due to straight line winds. A wind gust to 72 knots was measured at a radar facility. |
| September 2002 | Storm Surge/Tide | Horseshoe Beach | $10,000 | Storm surge heights of two to three feet caused minor beach erosion. Reported by the Dixie County EMA. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horseshoe Beach | $2,000 | Numerous trees were down around Horseshoe Beach and southern portions of Dixie County. A few power poles were snapped. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horseshoe Beach | $1,000 | Downed trees on County Road 351. Reported by the Dixie County EMA. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Horseshoe Beach | - | Roads in Horseshoe Beach were flooded as well as Horseshoe Road. This report was relayed through the local newspaper's facebook page. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Horseshoe Beach | - | CWOP site CW8654 located at Horseshoe Beach measured a rainfall total of 6.04 inches. |
| August 2010 | Flood | Horseshoe Beach | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall amounts of 6 to 10 inches with localized amounts of 11 to 14 inches. This heavy rainfall resulted in prolonged and widespread flooding of roads and low-lying areas areas generally south of U.S. Highway 19 between Horseshoe Beach and Suwannee. This is a rural area with no known property damage. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horseshoe Beach | - | Three homes suffered roof damage from falling trees. Two small barns were destroyed. One camper trailer was destroyed while another was damaged. Two vehicles and one house trailer received damage. Numerous trees and power lines were downed. Damage survey confirmed damage was due to straight line winds. A wind gust to 72 knots was measured at a radar facility. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Horseshoe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shired Island | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Horseshoe | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Suwannee | 10.9 miles | 12 | |
| Yellow Jacket | 15.2 miles | 12 | |
| Eugene | 15.8 miles | 10 | |
| Shamrock | 15.8 miles | 10 | |
| Cross City | 15.9 miles | 10 | |
| Jena | 15.9 miles | 10 |
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 Horseshoe Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1014013 | 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 284297. 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.
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.




