Bermont, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Punta Gorda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33982. The Survey maps it on the Bermont 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.


Compare 1956 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Bermont quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 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
141 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Bermont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,603 acres in total. 56 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | 08-SIOX FIRE-0427 |
| 23 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SCOUT CAMP (08) |
| 19 August 2002 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 55 acres | Florida Forest Service | REDNECK YACHT CLUB (08) |
| 9 July 2016 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | OUTBACK RANCH (08) |
| 6 July 1998 | Natural | 62 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 Bermont: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands Co. Comm. - Charlotte Co. Shell Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bermont in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 funnel cloud, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Bermont | $50,000 | NWS determined that a high end EF-1 tornado with 110 mph winds occurred in eastern Charlotte County, destroying a metal barn and snapping several telephone poles along with overturning a small vehicle trailer and pushing it into a tree. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bermont | $50,000 | A county emergency management damage survey found a 0.2 mile wide damage path that extended for 4 miles, with all the damage blown down in the same direction, to the north northwest. Several trees were uprooted and power poles knocked down. A mobile home sustained minor roof damage, and the roof of a shed was blown 150 feet away. A central pivot irrigation rig was also twisted and damaged by the wind. |
| August 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Bermont | - | Broadcast media relayed pictures of a funnel cloud between Babcock Ranch and Shell Creek. |
| June 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Bermont | - | Broadcast media relayed report of funnel cloud north of Bermont Road in Charlotte County. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Bermont | - | Nickel size hail was reported just west of Babcock Ranch along Bermont Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sparkman | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Babcock Ranch | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Tuckers Corner | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Ridge Harbor | 10.7 miles | 13 | |
| Sans Souci | 11.3 miles | 13 | |
| Morgantown | 11.7 miles | 14 | |
| Cleveland | 11.9 miles | 13 | |
| Peace River Shores | 12.2 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 Q122573495 | 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 294677. 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.






