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Vilano Beach, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the St. Augustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32084. It stands on Matanzas River. The Survey maps it on the Saint Augustine quadrangle. 2,514 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Vilano Beach within St. Johns County

Then and now

1937 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Vilano Beach, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Vilano Beach, surveyed 1937

Population over time

3 figures

Vilano Beach fell from 2,533 to 2,514 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20002,533
20102,678+145 (+6%)
20202,514-164 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

209 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Vilano Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 959 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 26 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
Equipment and vehicle use68
Natural28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Recreation and ceremony27
Arson/incendiarism26
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Smoking4
Debris and open burning3
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
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWINN DIXIE (55)
5 September 2020Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSAN SEBASTIAN (55)
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 1993Natural75 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresFlorida Forest ServiceN. WASHINGTON ST. (55)
19 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Johns County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Vilano Beach: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Anastasia Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mclead Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Johns County

Storms near this place

27 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vilano Beach in 27 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 lightning, 2 waterspout, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death and 3 injuries. 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
July 2005Rip CurrentVilano Beach1 killedno account filed
October 2012LightningVilano Beach1 hurtA 39 year old male was struck by lightning while flying a kite in a metal harness with his son. There was light rain at the time, then the first observed lightning strike struck the man. CPR was administered at the scene, then he was transported to the hospital where has was in stable condition that night.
August 2003LightningVilano Beach1 hurtno account filed
August 2003LightningVilano Beach1 hurtno account filed
July 2015LightningVilano Beach$10,000A lightning caused a house fire in Vilano Beach. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindVilano Beach$5,000A large tree was snapped an fell onto a home. The cost of damage was estimated. The time of damage was estimated based no radar.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindVilano Beach$2,500Large trees were blown down.
September 2007Heavy RainVilano Beach$2,000A 4x4 foot portion of a mobile home roof collapsed due to heavy rain accumulations. The cost of damage was estimated.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindVilano Beach$1,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindVilano Beach$1,000Trees and power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds. The cost of damage was estimated for inclusion in Storm Data.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindVilano Beach$1,000The Flagler Inn hotel sign was blown over by thunderstorm winds. The cost of damage was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindVilano Beach-A tree was blown down near SR 16 and Masters Drive. The time of damage was based on radar.
December 2023FloodVilano Beach-Minor street flooding was reported along San Marco Ave at the intersection with Pine St in St. Augustine.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindVilano Beach-Multiple trees were reported down at Dufferin street and Radio road.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindVilano Beach-A tree fell on a powerline just north of St. Augustine.
August 2020HailVilano Beach-A spotter observed quarter to dime size hail and estimated wind gusts near 45 mph in downtown St. Augustine. There were some tree limbs blown down.
September 2017Tornado (EF1)Vilano Beach-This tornado may have initiated as a water spout that moved onshore at Vilano Beach. Minimal damage was reported in Vilano Beach with greater tree damage discovered west of Vilano Beach where a few trees were snapped and uprooted. Roof damage was reported on 5th Avenue near Vilano Beach. Multiple trees were damage and there was minor roof damage observed along Jackson and North Blvds. The tornado then crossed Highway 1 and caused additional tree and roof damage from 4th Street toward Porter Road before dissipating in the 12 Mile Swamp Conservation Area. Radar indicated a tornado debris signature. This tornado had peak winds of 85-100 mph.
September 2017Tornado (EF1)Vilano Beach-This tornado passed the northern side of Castillo de San Marcos and uprooted 2 trees before strengthening to EF1 and moving toward Huguenot Cemetery. Multiple trees were uprooted and snapped in the cemetery. The tornado continued moving west in the vicinity of Orange Street before dissipating just before reaching Highway 1. This tornado likely began as a water spout offshore.
October 2016Heavy RainVilano Beach-Daily rainfall measured thus far was 4.14 inches.
October 2016Flash FloodVilano Beach-Multiple roads were closed in St. Augustine including West San Carlos, Valencia Street and parts of King Street. Most streets were opened by 1115 am later that morning. One home on Viscaya Blvd and two homes on Shore Blvd had minor flooding inside. The cost of damage was unknown.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindVilano Beach-A large tree was blown down onto a home near the Fountain of Youth and caused significant damage. The time of damage was based on radar.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindVilano Beach-A power line was blown down along the Coastal Highway in the Villano Beach area.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindVilano Beach-Trees were blown down along Sherwood Avenue.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindVilano Beach-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindVilano Beach-no account filed
July 2001WaterspoutVilano Beach-no account filed
September 2000WaterspoutVilano Beach-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Johns 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
Davis Shores1.5 miles13
Nombre de Dios (historical)1.8 miles13
Saint Augustine2.0 miles13
Anastasia2.2 miles13
Usina Beach2.4 miles13
El Rey Residential Court2.4 miles13
Woodlawn2.8 miles13
Moultrie Junction2.9 miles13

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 Vilano BeachAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2570621The 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 308164. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.