Cooglers Beach, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Hernando Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34607. It lies near Rock Island. The Survey maps it on the Bayport quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1979The 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.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1954 USGS Bayport quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
86 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Cooglers Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,562 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 13 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 | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 27-GOLD STAR-0954 |
| 4 September 2001 | Natural | 80 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 1992 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2011 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | BUSH MILLS (27) |
| 9 August 1993 | Natural | 12 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 1998 | Natural | 70 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cooglers Beach: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hernando Sandpit & Wood Facility - Hernando Sandpit | Sand | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayport | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Palm Grove Colony | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Pine Island | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Weeki Wachee Gardens | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Weekiwachee Gardens | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Berkeley | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Weeki Wachee | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Weeki Wachee Acres | 5.6 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 Q122569967 | 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 295216. 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.






