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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.

Isleboro within Volusia County

Then and now

1937 to 1978

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Isleboro, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Isleboro, surveyed 1937

Compare 1937 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

165 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural69
Equipment and vehicle use34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism13
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF 10TH STREET
17 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF 10TH STREET #2
15 September 2013Natural2.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCHAMPION-I95 (64)
3 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF-64-SPRUCE CREEK PRESERVE
3 August 1996Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 1992Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 1992Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Volusia County

Storms near this place

2 since 2014

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2014Flash FloodIsleboro$562,000A 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 2021Tornado (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.

Every storm recorded in Volusia County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
New Smyrna (historical)1.3 miles16
Ponce Park1.7 miles16
Ponce Inlet2.2 miles16
Sugar Mill Estates2.4 miles16
New Smyrna Beach2.9 miles16
Mission City3.0 miles16
Glencoe3.0 miles16
Harbor Oaks3.2 miles16

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 Q122596413The 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.