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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.

Belleair within Pinellas County

Then and now

1921 to 1995

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Belleair, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Belleair, surveyed 1921

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

Population over time

2 figures

Belleair 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,869
20204,273+404 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

9 since 1993

Regional 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/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
13 July 1993Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 April 1998Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 April 2006Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service52 102ND
26 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFlorida Forest Service52 WALSINGHAM
23 March 2000Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 March 1996Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 March 2016Arson/incendiarism10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWALSINGHAM ROAD (52) **
10 March 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHERITAGE VILLAGE (52) **

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinellas County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Largo Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pinellas County

Storms near this place

7 since 2012

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023LightningBelleair1 killedThe 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 2016LightningBelleair2 hurtThe 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 2016LightningBelleair$50,000A house was struck by lightning In Clearwater, sparking a fire that was contained to the attic. No injuries occurred from the fire.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindBelleair$5,000A 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 2017Thunderstorm WindBelleair-A home weather station in Belleair (E6508) recorded a 50 knot thunderstorm wind gust.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindBelleair-The mesonet station 1 mile east of Belleair, XBLA, recorded a wind gust of 69 mph.
June 2012Heavy RainBelleair-Heavy rain caused roadway flooding with several cars stranded.

Every storm recorded in Pinellas 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
Belleair Bluffs1.2 miles15
Largo2.1 miles15
Clearwater2.1 miles15
Harbor Bluffs2.1 miles15
Belleair Beach2.1 miles15
Habor Bluffs2.2 miles15
Belleair Shores2.5 miles15
Ridgecrest2.7 miles15

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 BelleairAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2092758The 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.