Isleboro, 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. It stands on Rockhouse Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Smyrna Beach quadrangle.
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:
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
165 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Isleboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,611 acres in total. 69 started naturally. 13 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 | 69 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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) |
| 3 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WF-64-SPRUCE CREEK PRESERVE |
| 3 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 1992 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Isleboro in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2021: 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2014 | Flash Flood | Isleboro | $562,000 | A small area of persistent rainbands trained across New Smryna Beach during the late afternoon and early early evening. Rainfall totals reached 8 to 12 inches, resulting in significant urban and roadway flooding. Retention ponds and drainage canals overflowed and rising water entered 7 single family homes and one public building. Four of these structures experienced major damage, 3 had minor damage and one was affected. Estimated damage was over 500 thousand dollars. No injuries were reported. |
| August 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Isleboro | - | Based on information provided by the Volusia County Sheriffs Office, a short-lived tornado touched down just west of U.S. Highway 1, near the intersection of Sleepy Hollow Road, in New Smyrna Beach. Peak winds are estimated around 55-65 mph. The tornado touched down at approximately 1340LST, then traveled half of a mile east where it became a waterspout over the Intracoastal Waterway. The waterspout dissipated around 1341LST before reaching the barrier island. The tornado produced tree damage along Sleepy Hollow Road that included several medium to large-sized branches downed, and a couple of small trees knocked over. No additional damage reports were received. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Smyrna (historical) | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Ponce Park | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Ponce Inlet | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Sugar Mill Estates | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| New Smyrna Beach | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Mission City | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Glencoe | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Harbor Oaks | 3.2 miles | 16 |
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 Q122596413 | 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 284629. 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.








