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Italia, Florida

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Yulee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32011. The Survey maps it on the Italia quadrangle.

Italia within Nassau County

Then and now

1918 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Italia, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Italia, surveyed 1918

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Italia between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,421 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 10 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
Natural28
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks1
Smoking1
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
6 September 1999Natural156 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2000Natural520 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 1993Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 1992Natural9.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2002Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nassau County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Italia in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2019Thunderstorm WindItalia$3,000The public had video of a strong thunderstorm with winds near 45 mph located near the Plumbers Creek Drive near I-95 and State Road 200. A few trees were blown down. The cost of damage was estimated for inclusion in Storm Data.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindItalia-A photo via social media of a large branch down in Italia. The time of damage was estimated via radar.
June 2014HailItalia-Quarter size hail was reported along State Road A1A, west of Interstate 95.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindItalia-A home was damaged by a fallen tree The time of the event was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindItalia-Trees and power lines were blown down across Middle Road. A power line was also blown down near Yulee. The time of damage was based on radar.

Every storm recorded in Nassau 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
Hero3.2 miles20
Wildlight4.1 miles21
Becker5.5 miles21
Yulee6.0 miles23
Evergreen6.1 miles17
Yulee Heights6.4 miles22
Hedges6.4 miles22
Nassau Village6.8 miles18

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 ItaliaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6092555The 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 294814. 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.