Acline, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Punta Gorda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33950. It stands on North Prong Alligator Creek. The Survey maps it on the Punta Gorda quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 25 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
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Charlotte Harbor quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Punta Gorda quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Charlotte Harbor quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
407 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 407 fires within 5 miles of Acline between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,117 acres in total. 104 started naturally. 23 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 | 104 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 66 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 56 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 36 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2020 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | SHOTGUN ROAD (08) |
| 28 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PANATELLA TREADMILL 2 (08) |
| 28 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PANATELLA TREADMILL (08) |
| 24 September 2016 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | SHOTGUN (08) |
| 23 September 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GASPARILLA (08) |
| 23 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Acline: 7 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apac-Florida - Viercocken Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Earthsource - Earthsource's Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Hendrickson Seashell Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pit 31 | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Rigby Airport Pit | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Route 31 Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sunland Paving Co. - Sunland Pelican Pit | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Acline in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acline | $15,000 | Thirteen mobile homes sustained wind damage in the River Haven Mobile Home Park. Damage consisted of siding being torn off of carports and porch coverings being removed from homes. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acline | $1,000 | A tree was reported down near Tamiami Trail and Oil Well Road. |
| July 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Acline | - | Public shared images of a funnel cloud east of Interstate 75 in the Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area. |
| August 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Acline | - | Broadcast media relayed video of weak landspout tornado briefly touching down near Interstate 75 and Jones Loop Road interchange near Charlotte Park. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riviera Lagoons | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Burnt Store Lakes | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Blue Heron Pines | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| South Punta Gorda Heights | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Aqui Esta | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Charlotte Park | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Tropical Gulf Acres | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Punta Gorda | 3.5 miles | 13 |
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 Q122561874 | 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 277665. 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.






