Samsula, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Central Volusia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32168. The Survey maps it on the Samsula quadrangle.
Then and now
1952 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 26 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1952 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1952 USGS Samsula quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
358 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 358 fires within 5 miles of Samsula between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,860 acres in total. 175 started naturally. 31 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 | 175 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WF POINEER TRAIL NORTH #1 |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | POWERLINE RD (64) |
| 15 September 2013 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | CHAMPION-I95 (64) |
| 14 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WF KIRKLAND SOD |
| 6 August 2010 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WF-64-SECTION 32 FIRE |
| 31 August 1998 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Samsula in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Samsula | $1,000 | A trained spotter reported localized wind damage at a home near the 1900th block of Glencoe Road in New Smyrna Beach. The damage included a downed small fence, minor damage to a pool screen enclosure, and small tree branches downed. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Samsula | - | Local broadcast media relayed a report of numerous trees downed onto power lines along Old Mission Road in New Smyrna Beach. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Mill Estates | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Glencoe | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Mission City | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Sugar Mill Ruins Travel Park | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Isleboro | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Alamana | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Ashby Shores | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| New Smyrna (historical) | 6.4 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 Q122566636 | 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 290466. 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.




