Fort Pierce, 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 34950. It stands on Moore Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Pierce quadrangle. 47,297 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 16 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1949 to 1988The 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.


On record in Fort Pierce
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 11 records
Zora Neale Hurston HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1991
Arcade Buildinglisted 2001
Fort Pierce City Hall, Oldlisted 2001
Fort Pierce Old Post Officelisted 2002
Fort Pierce Sitelisted 1974
Jules Frere Houselisted 1995
Immokoleelisted 1994
Moores Creek Bridgelisted 2001
St. Anastasia Catholic School, Oldlisted 2000
St. Lucie High Schoollisted 1984
Sunrise Theatrelisted 2001
Population over time
2 figuresFort Pierce grew from 41,590 to 47,297 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 41,590 | |
| 2020 | 47,297 | +5,707 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1949 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:10000
- 1981 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
97 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Fort Pierce between 1992 and 2020, burning about 637 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 7 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1996 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (SL) AIRPORT (1342) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Fort Pierce: 14 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart - Stewart Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Airport Mine | Silica | Producer | ||
| North Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Ralls Mine | Silica | Producer | ||
| Saggy Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Minton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Morgan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| North Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| South Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| St. Lucie Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fort Pierce in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1995 | Hail | Fort Pierce | $500 | Severe thunderstorms dropped baseball-size hail near Oslo Road, 10 miles southwest of Vero Beach, and near Fort Pierce. Numerous cars were damaged and windows were broken in two mobile homes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glidden Park | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Paradise Park | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Sunland Gardens | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Cortez Estates | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Anglevillas | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Harmony Heights | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Saint Lucie | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Fort Pierce Shores | 3.1 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Fort Pierce | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q584340 | 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 307964. 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.
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.









