Belleair, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Clearwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33756. It lies near Belleview Island. The Survey maps it on the Clearwater quadrangle. 4,273 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 46 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1921 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1921 against another survey:
On record in Belleair
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 1 record
Old Belleair Town Halllisted 1994
Population over time
2 figuresBelleair grew from 3,869 to 4,273 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 | 3,869 | |
| 2020 | 4,273 | +404 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1921 USGS Sand Key quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Clearwater quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
- 1974 USGS Clearwater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1995 USGS Clearwater quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Belleair between 1993 and 2016, burning about 48 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 July 1993 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 April 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 52 102ND |
| 26 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 52 WALSINGHAM |
| 23 March 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 March 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 March 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | WALSINGHAM ROAD (52) ** |
| 10 March 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HERITAGE VILLAGE (52) ** |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Belleair: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largo Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belleair in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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 2023 | Lightning | Belleair | 1 killed | The body of a 73-year-old woman was discovered on a sidewalk at the Bayside Gardens IV condominiums along Gulf Boulevard on Sand Key in Clearwater after being struck by lightning. |
| July 2016 | Lightning | Belleair | 2 hurt | The Clearwater Fire Department reported that two teenage boys were struck by lightning on Clearwater Beach. One of the individuals heart stopped and was revived by CPR from a nurse visiting on vacation. Both were transported to the hospital in critical condition and were released after a few days in the hospital. |
| July 2016 | Lightning | Belleair | $50,000 | A house was struck by lightning In Clearwater, sparking a fire that was contained to the attic. No injuries occurred from the fire. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belleair | $5,000 | A TV station relayed a report of downed trees and damage to billboards near the intersection of Fort Harrison Ave and Belleair Rd in Clearwater. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belleair | - | A home weather station in Belleair (E6508) recorded a 50 knot thunderstorm wind gust. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belleair | - | The mesonet station 1 mile east of Belleair, XBLA, recorded a wind gust of 69 mph. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Belleair | - | Heavy rain caused roadway flooding with several cars stranded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belleair Bluffs | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Largo | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Clearwater | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Harbor Bluffs | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Belleair Beach | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Habor Bluffs | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Belleair Shores | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Ridgecrest | 2.7 miles | 15 |
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 Belleair | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2092758 | 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 278451. 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.









