Charlotte Harbor, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Port Charlotte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33980. The Survey maps it on the Punta Gorda quadrangle. 3,784 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3 feet above sea level.
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.


On record in Charlotte Harbor
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
Mott Willis Storelisted 1997
Population over time
2 figuresCharlotte Harbor grew from 3,714 to 3,784 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,714 | |
| 2020 | 3,784 | +70 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 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
Fires near this place
294 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 294 fires within 5 miles of Charlotte Harbor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 909 acres in total. 59 started naturally. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 69 |
| Natural | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
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 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 08-FARNHAM FIRE-0419 |
| 18 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 08-OAKVIEW FIRE-0466 |
| 3 August 2014 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | FAIRWAY DR (08) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Charlotte Harbor: 6 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apac-Florida - Viercocken Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Sunland Paving Co. - Sunland Pelican Pit | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Hendrickson Seashell Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pit 31 | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Rigby Airport Pit | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Route 31 Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Charlotte Harbor in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 6 tornado, 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. The reports record 2 deaths and 1 injury. 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 | Lightning | Charlotte Harbor | 2 killed, $50,000 | A fire inspector for the State Fire Marshal's office determined that lightning lightning struck and ignited a fire at a group home on the 3400 block of Drance Street in Charlotte Harbor. The lightning ignited fire killed two developmentally disabled men residing at the group home. |
| February 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Charlotte Harbor | 1 hurt, $1,600,000 | A NWS Storm Survey found EF-1 tornado damage with winds estimated near 100 mph. 108 homes were affected with most of the damage limited to roofs and pool cages. However, 11 sustained major damage and were deemed uninhabitable by the county, one of which was destroyed. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped with at least 8 different vehicles picked up and moved. |
| July 1998 | Lightning | Charlotte Harbor | $75,000 | Lightning struck and burned to the ground a home on the 4300 block of U.S. Highway 41 (Kings Highway) in Charlotte Harbor. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Charlotte Harbor | $50,000 | A single rotating thunderstorm moved north through Charlotte Harbor and spawned a brief tornado in the city of Charlotte Harbor. Damage consisted mostly of downed trees and power lines. However, a gas station awning was blown down and a roof was damaged at a blood bank under construction. The damage was limited to areas where Kingsway, Edgewater, and Harborview cross U.S. Highway 41. |
| January 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Charlotte Harbor | $30,000 | A tornado touched down and caused significant roof damage to a single family home and an apartment complex. Minor roof damage occurred at two adjacent single family homes. Additional minor damage was sustained to the roof of a convenience store and nearby trees. Winds were estimated at 95 miles per hour. |
| June 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Charlotte Harbor | $30,000 | A weak waterspout moved onshore as a tornado in the Harbor View mobile home park along the Peace River. Damage was limited to aluminum car ports and small sheds. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Charlotte Harbor | $5,000 | The public reported, through Charlotte county emergency management, that a small waterspout moved onshore and downed two power poles and toppled a large tree onto the roof of a home, along the 4500 block of Melbourne Street in Charlotte Harbor, before it lifted and dissipated. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlotte Harbor | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on Westchester Boulevard. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Charlotte Harbor | - | Public pictures of nickel to quarter size hail received from near Charlotte Harbor. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlotte Harbor | - | Mesonet site near Charlotte Harbor reported a 59 mph wind gust. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlotte Harbor | - | A WeatherFlow station near Port Charlotte measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph, 52 knots. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Charlotte Harbor | - | Social media reports were received of quarter sized hail on Interstate 75 near the Kings Highway exit in Charlotte County. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Charlotte Harbor | - | Gusty winds also tore the roof off of a small shed. |
| July 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Charlotte Harbor | - | Tornado began as a waterspout over the Peace River and moved onshore near the Fisherman's Village. |
| June 2001 | Waterspout | Charlotte Harbor | - | A waterspout was reported by Charlotte county emergency management that briefly moved onshore near the 4500 block of Melbourne Street in Charlotte Harbor. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor View | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Port Charlotte | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Fishermens Village | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Punta Gorda | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Solana | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Punta Gorda Isles | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Charlotte Park | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Tee and Green Estates | 3.6 miles | 13 |
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 Charlotte Harbor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q628771 | 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 280326. 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.






