Bee Ridge, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sarasota census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34233. The Survey maps it on the Bee Ridge quadrangle. 9,955 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 33 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1947 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 41 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Bee Ridge
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Bee Ridge Woman's Clublisted 1995 · 0.3 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresBee Ridge grew from 9,598 to 9,955 between 2010 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9,598 | |
| 2020 | 9,955 | +357 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1947 USGS Bee Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Bee Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Sarasota quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
46 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Bee Ridge between 1992 and 2019, burning about 220 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2009 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 58-RICHARDSON FIRE-0467 |
| 10 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 58-PROCTOR FIRE-0568 |
| 2 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 85-IBIS FIRE-0318 |
| 19 July 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 1992 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 June 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bee Ridge: 2 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Road Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Newburn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Piney Point Nu-Gulf | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant |
Storms near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bee Ridge in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bee Ridge | $50,000 | Broadcast media relayed pictures of a tree that was knocked down on a house and broke through the roof. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bee Ridge | $2,000 | A tree was knocked down onto McIntosh Road between Proctor and Ashton Roads, blocking one lane of traffic. |
| October 2016 | Hail | Bee Ridge | - | A caller reported nickel sized hail falling near I-75 and Bee Ridge Road in Sarasota. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bee Ridge | - | Broadcast media reported several large trees down in Lake Sarasota. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Bee Ridge | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyland | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| South Gate Ridge | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sarasota Springs | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Ridge Wood Heights | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hyde Park | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Gulf Gate Estates | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Southgate | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Sarasota | 2.4 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.
| Wikipedia article on Bee Ridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q813985 | 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 278388. 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.







