Bayshore Manor, 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 Powell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Myers quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1987The 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 sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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 West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
411 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 411 fires within 5 miles of Bayshore Manor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,425 acres in total. 76 started naturally. 33 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 maintenance | 135 |
| Natural | 76 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 29 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 36/THE HUNTER FIRE |
| 10 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | DEL (36) |
| 8 August 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BARN (36) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bayshore Manor: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Dolomite Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Edison Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bayshore Manor in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Bayshore Manor | 1 hurt, $100,000 | Fourty four mobile homes had minor damage to roofs, carports and lanais. Ten mobile homes had moderate damage to roofs and portions of walls. One un-anchored single-wide mobile home was pushed 5 feet from its original position, with the roof blown off and exterior walls partially collapsed. One double-wide mobile home had complete structural failure of a well-constructed outer wall and roof section. Most of the damage was in the high-end EF0 range, with a small pocket of low-end EF1 damage. Wind speeds were estimated between 75-100mph. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Bayshore Manor | - | Quarter size hail reported by the public in North Fort Myers. |
| July 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Bayshore Manor | - | Broadcast media shared a timelapse video from a tower cam of a funnel cloud over the Caloosahatchee River. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salvista | 0.5 miles | 14 | |
| North Fort Myers | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Palm and Pine Park | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Palmona Park | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Poinciana Estates | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Suncoast Estates | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Fort Myers | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Tice | 2.6 miles | 14 |
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 Q122559522 | 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 278254. 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.






