Corkscrew, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Immokalee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34142. The Survey maps it on the Corkscrew 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 12 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 Corkscrew quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
141 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Corkscrew between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,963 acres in total. 53 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 | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2002 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 1995 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 36/COLUMBUS-EDGEWOOD/FIRE |
| 9 July 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 1992 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corkscrew in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2017: 2 funnel cloud, 2 lightning, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Lightning | Corkscrew | 1 killed | Lightning fatally struck a 35 year old male construction worker who was working on the exterior of a single family home on scaffolding. |
| June 2009 | Lightning | Corkscrew | 2 hurt | Two truck drivers were shocked by a nearby lightning strike as they were loading a dump truck in the Golden Gate Estates area. Both men received minor burns on their thighs and complained that their feet were stinging and burning. The injuries were not believed to be serious. One of the men was 22 years old and the other's age was unclear. |
| November 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Corkscrew | - | Collier County Sheriff Office reported via a police helicopter a tornado in the Corkscrew area in Collier County. The tornado was brief and stayed in an open field with no damage reported. |
| March 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corkscrew | - | A trained spotter 1 mile north of Orangetree reported shingles were ripped off the roof of a house along with a 30-foot Royal Palm Tree uprooted. Another Royal Palm Tree was broke in half. |
| October 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Corkscrew | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud over Lake Trafford west of Immokalee. |
| June 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Corkscrew | - | A trained spotter observed a tornado while driving on Immokalee Road. The tornado crossed Immokalee Road west of Everglades Boulevard. It remained over mainly unpopulated area with no reports of damage. The tornado lifted before 1130 AM EST. |
| July 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Corkscrew | - | several funnel clouds were sighted over the north end of big corkscrew swamp. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immokalee | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Ave Maria | 11.5 miles | 13 | |
| Orangetree | 12.5 miles | 12 | |
| Heritage Bay | 14.0 miles | 13 | |
| Harker | 14.5 miles | 12 | |
| Willoughby Acres | 17.2 miles | 14 | |
| Palm River Estates | 17.7 miles | 14 | |
| Palm River | 17.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294723. 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.





