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Fort Pierce Shores, Florida

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Fort Pierce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34949. It lies near Mangrove Island. The Survey maps it on the Fort Pierce quadrangle.

Fort Pierce Shores within St. Lucie County

Then and now

1949 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fort Pierce Shores, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Fort Pierce Shores, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Fort Pierce Shores between 1992 and 2020, burning about 960 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 3 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
Natural18
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
23 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 August 1996Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 2006Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(SL) AIRPORT (1342)
16 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 August 1995Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 July 1996Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lucie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Fort Pierce Shores: 10 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Stewart - Stewart MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Minton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
North PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
St. Lucie MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Airport MineSilicaProducer
Ft. Pierce Sand and Mat'L - North MineSandProducer
Glen Blackburn Trucking - Airport MineSandProducer
Glen Blackburn Trucking - Ralls MineSandProducer
Glen Blackburn Trucking, Inc. - Sapp Road MineSandUnknown
North PitSilicaProducer

Every working recorded in St. Lucie 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
Queens Cove2.1 miles16
Saint Lucie2.2 miles21
Paradise Park2.5 miles21
Fort Pierce3.1 miles21
Harmony Heights3.1 miles20
Indrio3.7 miles16
Sunland Gardens3.7 miles20
Glidden Park3.8 miles21

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 Q122562942The 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 308254. 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.