Fishermens Village, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Punta Gorda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33950. The Survey maps it on the Punta Gorda quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1981The 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.


On record in Fishermens Village
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 6 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Punta Gorda Residential Districtlisted 1991 · 0.5 miles away
Punta Gorda Woman's Clublisted 1991 · 0.7 miles away
First National Bank of Punta Gorda, Oldlisted 1991 · 0.8 miles away
H. W. Smith Buildinglisted 1991 · 0.9 miles away
Punta Gorda Ice Plantlisted 1990 · 0.9 miles away
Punta Gorda Atlantic Coast Line Depotlisted 1990 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Charlotte Harbor quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Punta Gorda quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Charlotte Harbor quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
200 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Fishermens Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 894 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 12 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 | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 08-FARNHAM FIRE-0419 |
| 18 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PHEASANT BLVD (08) |
| 7 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 08-OAKVIEW FIRE-0466 |
| 3 August 2014 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | FAIRWAY DR (08) |
| 27 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PEPPER TREE (08) |
| 20 August 2020 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | OLD LANDFILL ROAD (08) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Fishermens Village: 6 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apac-Florida - Viercocken Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Sunland Paving Co. - Sunland Pelican Pit | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Hendrickson Seashell Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pit 31 | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Rigby Airport Pit | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Route 31 Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punta Gorda | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Punta Gorda Isles | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Charlotte Park | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Aqui Esta | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Charlotte Harbor | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Solana | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Harbor View | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Burnt Store Lakes | 3.1 miles | 13 |
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 Q122568326 | 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 307356. 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.






