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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.

Cleveland within Charlotte County

Then and now

1956 to 1987

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Cleveland, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Cleveland, surveyed 1956

Compare 1956 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Cleveland 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,990
20203,435+445 (+15%)

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

344 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined64
Debris and open burning51
Equipment and vehicle use50
Railroad operations and maintenance33
Misuse of fire by a minor31
Arson/incendiarism21
Recreation and ceremony10
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Fireworks1

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 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 1996Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service08-SABLEWOOD FIRE-0425
3 September 1996Natural35 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service08-FARNHAM FIRE-0419
1 September 1996Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charlotte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Apac-Florida - Viercocken PitSandProducer
Pit 31CalciumProducer
Rigby Airport PitCalciumProducer
Hendrickson Seashell PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Route 31 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Snapping Shoals Mine CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Desrosier Brothers - Jones LoopLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Desrosier Brothers - Oakleaf MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Sunland Paving Co. - Sunland Pelican PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
T.A. Forsberg Inc. - Golf Course Bvld. MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Charlotte County

Storms near this place

6 since 2001

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2024Tornado (EF0)Cleveland$5,000Two 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 2017Thunderstorm WindCleveland$5,000One 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 2014Thunderstorm WindCleveland$5,000Charlotte 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 2001Tornado (F0)Cleveland$5,000A 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 2022Funnel CloudCleveland-Broadcast media relayed photo of funnel cloud over the Peace River near Cleveland.
March 2017Tornado (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.

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
Tee and Green Estates1.5 miles13
Sans Souci1.8 miles13
Harbour Heights2.2 miles13
Solana2.4 miles13
Ridge Harbor2.5 miles13
Harbor View3.1 miles13
Morgantown3.2 miles14
Punta Gorda3.9 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 ClevelandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1100729The 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.