Coconut, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Bonita Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34134. It lies near Monkey Joe Key. The Survey maps it on the Estero quadrangle.
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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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 West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Estero quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Naples quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
106 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Coconut between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,463 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 10 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 | 33 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | 36/CROSS ROAD FIRE |
| 11 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 11/ TECO ARENA FIRE |
| 9 August 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2011 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BAY PRESERVE (36) |
| 4 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 36/THREE OAKS FIRE |
| 2 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coconut in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2016: 1 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Lightning | Coconut | 1 killed | A 35 year old man was struck by lightning while working on the 6th floor lanai of a building under construction. Witnesses said that this was the only lightning strike seen or heard in the area from the storm. Attempts to resuscitate the man were unsuccessful, and he died at the scene. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Coconut | - | The public reported nickel sized hail near mile marker 120 on Interstate 75. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Estero | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Bonita Shores | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| San Carlos Park | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Bonita Springs | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Three Oaks | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Miromar Lakes | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Forest Island Park | 6.4 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122593029 | 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 295209. 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.
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.





