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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.

Corkscrew within Collier 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 Corkscrew, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Corkscrew, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

141 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2
Smoking1

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
6 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2002Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 August 1995Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2006Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service36/COLUMBUS-EDGEWOOD/FIRE
9 July 1995Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 July 2001Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 1992Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collier County

Storms near this place

7 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2013LightningCorkscrew1 killedLightning fatally struck a 35 year old male construction worker who was working on the exterior of a single family home on scaffolding.
June 2009LightningCorkscrew2 hurtTwo 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 2017Tornado (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 2014Thunderstorm WindCorkscrew-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 2013Funnel CloudCorkscrew-A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud over Lake Trafford west of Immokalee.
June 2012Tornado (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 1997Funnel CloudCorkscrew-several funnel clouds were sighted over the north end of big corkscrew swamp.

Every storm recorded in Collier 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
Immokalee8.4 miles12
Ave Maria11.5 miles13
Orangetree12.5 miles12
Heritage Bay14.0 miles13
Harker14.5 miles12
Willoughby Acres17.2 miles14
Palm River Estates17.7 miles14
Palm River17.7 miles14

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.