Bradenton Beach, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Bradenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34217. It lies near Leffis Key. The Survey maps it on the Bradenton Beach quadrangle. 908 people lived here at the 2020 count. It lies 10 feet below sea level.
Then and now
1944 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Bradenton Beach
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
Regina Shipwreck Sitelisted 2005
Population over time
3 figuresBradenton Beach fell from 1,482 to 908 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,482 | |
| 2010 | 1,171 | -311 (-21%) |
| 2020 | 908 | -263 (-22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1944 USGS Bradenton Beach quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Bradenton Beach quadrangle1:31680
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Bradenton Beach quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Sarasota quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Bradenton Beach between 1998 and 2006, burning about 8 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 May 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 41-SISTER KEY FIRE-0334 |
| 23 October 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 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 Bradenton Beach: 1 past producer. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P and R Shell Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bradenton Beach in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2003: 7 waterspout, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradenton Beach | $100,000 | Utility company representatives reported that thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees, branches and power lines from Bradenton Beach east across Bradenton to Ellenton. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradenton Beach | $35,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused major roof damage to two homes and three vehicles. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradenton Beach | $25,000 | Strong thunderstorms moved into Bradenton Beach from the Gulf of Mexico and produced widespread damage to trees and vegetation. About $15,000 in damage occurred at a two story motel along the coast when the roof was blown off allowing rain to pour into three units on the top floor. No one was injured at the motel but 20 people were relocated across the street to another motel. The storm also caused damage to the roof of a pump house and two concrete block walls collapsed at a construction site. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradenton Beach | - | Thunderstorm winds pushed down trees which brought down power lines. |
| June 2001 | Waterspout | Bradenton Beach | - | A waterspout was reported by Manatee county 911 dispatch, one mile west of Bradenton Beach. |
| August 2000 | Waterspout | Bradenton Beach | - | The Manatee County Beach Patrol reported a family of three waterspouts two miles offshore of Coquina Beach. |
| September 1999 | Waterspout | Bradenton Beach | - | A waterspout was observed by the public southwest of Bradenton Beach in Manatee county. |
| May 1999 | Waterspout | Bradenton Beach | - | A waterspout was reported two miles southwest of Bradenton Beach by Manatee County Emergency Management. |
| April 1999 | Waterspout | Bradenton Beach | - | Twin waterspouts were reported 200 yards west of Coquina Beach on the southern end of Anna Maria Island by the Manatee County Beach Patrol. |
| June 1999 | Waterspout | Bradenton Beach | - | The public observed and reported a waterspout over Longboat Pass. |
| May 1997 | Waterspout | Bradenton Beach | - | A waterspout formed and quickly dissipated offshore of Bradenton Beach. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cortez | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Ilexhurst | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Holmes Beach | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Longbeach | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Whitney Beach | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Palma Sola Park | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Longboat Key | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Anna Maria | 4.7 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 Bradenton Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2154833 | 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 279312. 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.








