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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.

Charlotte Harbor within Charlotte County

Then and now

1956 to 1981

The 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 sheet of Charlotte Harbor, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Charlotte Harbor, surveyed 1956

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

Population over time

2 figures

Charlotte 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,714
20203,784+70 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

294 since 1992

Regional 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 minor69
Natural59
Equipment and vehicle use46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Debris and open burning24
Railroad operations and maintenance23
Arson/incendiarism16
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Fireworks4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1996Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 1996Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service08-FARNHAM FIRE-0419
18 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service08-OAKVIEW FIRE-0466
3 August 2014Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFAIRWAY DR (08)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charlotte County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Apac-Florida - Viercocken PitSandProducer
Sunland Paving Co. - Sunland Pelican PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Hendrickson Seashell PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pit 31CalciumProducer
Rigby Airport PitCalciumProducer
Route 31 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Charlotte County

Storms near this place

15 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2001LightningCharlotte Harbor2 killed, $50,000A 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 2016Tornado (EF1)Charlotte Harbor1 hurt, $1,600,000A 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 1998LightningCharlotte Harbor$75,000Lightning struck and burned to the ground a home on the 4300 block of U.S. Highway 41 (Kings Highway) in Charlotte Harbor.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Charlotte Harbor$50,000A 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 2012Tornado (EF1)Charlotte Harbor$30,000A 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 2006Tornado (F0)Charlotte Harbor$30,000A 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 2001Tornado (F0)Charlotte Harbor$5,000The 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 2019Thunderstorm WindCharlotte Harbor$1,000A tree was reported down on Westchester Boulevard.
August 2022HailCharlotte Harbor-Public pictures of nickel to quarter size hail received from near Charlotte Harbor.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindCharlotte Harbor-Mesonet site near Charlotte Harbor reported a 59 mph wind gust.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindCharlotte Harbor-A WeatherFlow station near Port Charlotte measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph, 52 knots.
May 2014HailCharlotte Harbor-Social media reports were received of quarter sized hail on Interstate 75 near the Kings Highway exit in Charlotte County.
July 2005HailCharlotte Harbor-Gusty winds also tore the roof off of a small shed.
July 2002Tornado (F0)Charlotte Harbor-Tornado began as a waterspout over the Peace River and moved onshore near the Fisherman's Village.
June 2001WaterspoutCharlotte Harbor-A waterspout was reported by Charlotte county emergency management that briefly moved onshore near the 4500 block of Melbourne Street in Charlotte Harbor.

Every storm recorded in Charlotte County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Harbor View1.6 miles13
Port Charlotte1.8 miles13
Fishermens Village2.1 miles13
Punta Gorda2.3 miles13
Solana2.3 miles13
Punta Gorda Isles2.9 miles13
Charlotte Park3.4 miles13
Tee and Green Estates3.6 miles13

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 HarborAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q628771The 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.