BlockCaloosahatchee, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Cape Coral census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33914. The Survey maps it on the Fort Myers SW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Myers SW quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 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
48 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Caloosahatchee (historical) between 1993 and 2017, burning about 374 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CEMETERY (36) |
| 7 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2005-17-0389 |
| 6 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SADDLEWOOD (36) |
| 5 July 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | REHAB (36) |
| 25 July 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 2007 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 36/OASIS FIRE |
| 13 July 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Coral | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| McGregor | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Iona | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Shell Point Village | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Whiskey Creek | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Matlacha Shores | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Cypress Lake | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Harlem Heights | 5.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294503. 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.