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.
Then and now
1918 to 1988The 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 sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1918 USGS St Marys quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS St Marys quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1919 USGS St. Marys quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Italia quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
85 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | 156 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2000 | Natural | 520 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 1993 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 1992 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2002 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Italia | $3,000 | The 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Italia | - | A photo via social media of a large branch down in Italia. The time of damage was estimated via radar. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Italia | - | Quarter size hail was reported along State Road A1A, west of Interstate 95. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Italia | - | A home was damaged by a fallen tree The time of the event was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Italia | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hero | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Wildlight | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Becker | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Yulee | 6.0 miles | 23 | |
| Evergreen | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Yulee Heights | 6.4 miles | 22 | |
| Hedges | 6.4 miles | 22 | |
| Nassau Village | 6.8 miles | 18 |
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 Italia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6092555 | 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 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.









