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Looking towards Cedar Key from Atsena Otie Key. Atsena Otie Key is a barrier island and ghost town one-half mile offshore of Cedar Key, Florida.Atsena Otie was the original site of the town of Cedar Key, and in the present day includes a walking trail, swimming area, and ruins of the Eberhard Faber mill.
The storm buffeted Florida for an extended period from October 4 through 6, [27] and moved ashore just north of Cedar Key as the equivalent of a major hurricane on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson scale. The minimum central pressure at the time of landfall has been estimated at 955 mb (28.2 inHg).
Cedar Key is a city in Levy County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census , its population was 687, down from 702 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area .
September 4, 1842 – Moderate damage is caused by a hurricane passing Key West. [32] September 22, 1842 – A tropical storm makes landfall near Pensacola. [33] October 4, 1842 – A 955 mbar major hurricane which makes landfall on northwestern Florida produces a 20-foot (6 m) storm surge at Cedar Key.
Named for the trees that once covered the islands, Cedar Key, Florida, is located about four miles out in the Gulf of Mexico and connected to the mainland by a single road that crosses over four ...
The Key West Hurricane of 1841. October 18–21. [13] In October, a hurricane hit Cuba, crossing near Havana. After crossing the island, it passed by the Florida Keys on October 18 and 19. The hurricane eroded part of Key West, destroyed the keeper's house at Sand Key Light, and damaged the seawall and later headed towards Bermuda. Wrecked many ...
In recent decades, Cedar Key has developed an outsized influence on Florida’s hard clam aquaculture industry, accounting for about 90% of Florida’s shellfish aquaculture industry.
University of Florida researchers built 3D model of what sea level rise could look like in Cedar Key. Resilience projects built in the last several years will be put to the test during Hurricane ...