BlockCayo Costa, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sanibel Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33922. It lies near Faulkner Mound. The Survey maps it on the Captiva quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 38 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
8 surveys from 14 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 Charlotte Harbor quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Captiva quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Charlotte Harbor quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Captiva quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Cayo Costa between 2008 and 2015, burning about 188 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 April 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CAYO COSTA (36) |
| 16 April 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 187 acres | Florida Forest Service | CAYO FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Captiva | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Pineland | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Pine Island Center | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bokeelia | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Captiva | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Flamingo Bay | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Port Boca Grande | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Matlacha | 8.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 308463. 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.