BlockCayo Pelau, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Boca Grande census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33921. It lies near Devilfish Key. The Survey maps it on the Punta Gorda SW quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 25 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
8 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 Charlotte Harbor quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Punta Gorda SW quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Punta Gorda Sw quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Charlotte Harbor quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Cayo Pelau between 1999 and 2019, burning about 559 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 1 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2017 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | CHARLOTTE HARBOR PARK (08) |
| 30 July 2003 | Natural | 70 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-15-1081 |
| 27 July 2007 | Natural | 65 acres | Florida Forest Service | 08-ROBIN ROAD FIRE-0431 |
| 17 July 2018 | Natural | 35 acres | Florida Forest Service | GASPARILLA RD (08) |
| 24 May 1999 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 310 acres | Florida Forest Service | CHARLOTTE HARBOR SP |
| 10 May 2019 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROTONDA (08) |
| 17 February 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 338 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boca Grande | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Gasparilla | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Port Boca Grande | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Bokeelia | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Pineland | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Burnt Store Marina | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Cayo Costa | 10.8 miles | 14 | |
| Upper Captiva | 12.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 308464. 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.