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Bayshore, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the North Fort Myers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33917. It stands on Stroud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Myers quadrangle.

Bayshore within Lee County

Then and now

1956 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 31 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bayshore, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Bayshore, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

437 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 437 fires within 5 miles of Bayshore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,718 acres in total. 90 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
Railroad operations and maintenance137
Natural90
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Equipment and vehicle use40
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Arson/incendiarism26
Debris and open burning26
Recreation and ceremony24
Other causes3
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 1994Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service36/0506-NOV
27 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 1993Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2009Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service36/THE HUNTER FIRE
10 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 1992Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Storms near this place

3 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bayshore in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Thunderstorm WindBayshore$10,000Media relayed video of 6-inch diameter tree snapped along with fencing toppled and trampoline overturned.
January 2016Thunderstorm WindBayshore$10,000Local law enforcement reported numerous power poles and lines down across Tammy Lane in North Fort Myers.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBayshore-Broadcast media relayed report received from local home weather station that reported a 60 mph wind gust.

Every storm recorded in Lee 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
Poinciana Estates1.7 miles14
Slater2.2 miles14
Suncoast Estates2.4 miles14
Alta Vista Park Mobille Home Park2.7 miles14
Morse Shores2.7 miles14
Tice2.8 miles14
Salvista3.2 miles14
Bayshore Manor3.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278250. 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.