Cleveland, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Punta Gorda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33982. It stands on Shell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland quadrangle. 3,435 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7 feet above sea level.
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.


Compare 1956 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresCleveland grew from 2,990 to 3,435 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 | 2,990 | |
| 2020 | 3,435 | +445 (+15%) |
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 Cleveland quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 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
344 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 344 fires within 5 miles of Cleveland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,340 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 74 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 64 |
| Debris and open burning | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 50 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 08-SABLEWOOD FIRE-0425 |
| 3 September 1996 | Natural | 35 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 08-FARNHAM FIRE-0419 |
| 1 September 1996 | Natural | 5.0 acres | 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Cleveland: 9 producers, 1 past producer. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Sand. 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 | ||
| Pit 31 | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Rigby Airport Pit | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Hendrickson Seashell Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Route 31 Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Snapping Shoals Mine Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Desrosier Brothers - Jones Loop | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Desrosier Brothers - Oakleaf Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Sunland Paving Co. - Sunland Pelican Pit | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| T.A. Forsberg Inc. - Golf Course Bvld. Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cleveland in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Cleveland | $5,000 | Two homes along Cypress Grove Circle sustained minor damage to pool|cages attached to them, with no additional damage to the homes or|nearby surroundings. Maximum estimated winds were 70 mph. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $5,000 | One tree was reported knocked down by thunderstorm wind gusts on Washington Loop in Punta Gorda. Additionally, a high profile helicopter was blown onto its side. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $5,000 | Charlotte County Sheriff's office relayed a report of several trees down on a ranch off of Cleveland Drive. There was also roof damage to a barn and house on the property. |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Cleveland | $5,000 | A short-lived F0 tornado peeled back the roof and damaged an awning of a mobile home in the River Forest mobile home park in Cleveland of Charlotte county. |
| June 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Cleveland | - | Broadcast media relayed photo of funnel cloud over the Peace River near Cleveland. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Cleveland | - | Charlotte County Emergency Management reported damage to a farm area in Punta Gorda. An NWS storm survey crew found a short and narrow path of damage just east of Aspen Road and south of Palm Shores Boulevard. Damage included several trees snapped above the base or uprooted, a pickup truck that was flipped over, a trailer lofted into a tree, and a poorly constructed outbuilding that sustained moderate damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tee and Green Estates | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Sans Souci | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Harbour Heights | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Solana | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Ridge Harbor | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Harbor View | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Morgantown | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Punta Gorda | 3.9 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 Cleveland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1100729 | 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 280565. 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.






