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Frontenac, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cocoa-Rockledge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32927. The Survey maps it on the Sharpes quadrangle.

Frontenac within Brevard County

Then and now

1949 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 32 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Frontenac, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Frontenac, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

316 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 316 fires within 5 miles of Frontenac between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,708 acres in total. 109 started naturally. 55 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
Natural109
Arson/incendiarism55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Equipment and vehicle use27
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Railroad operations and maintenance20
Recreation and ceremony16
Debris and open burning11
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks4
Other causes2

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
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2002Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCAROLE AVE (O5)
16 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 1997Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2000Natural500 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brevard County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Frontenac: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
F&W Mines - Hwy 520 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Kings Park PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kirschenbaum Co. - Ti-Co PitSandProducer

Every working recorded in Brevard County

Storms near this place

17 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frontenac in 17 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
August 2012LightningFrontenac1 hurtA local media outlet relayed a report of a woman being struck by lightning on Arborwood Avenue in Port St. John. She was taken to a nearby hospital and reported to be in stable condition.
October 2025Flash FloodFrontenac$3,060,000A stalled thunderstorm produced between 6 to 12 inches of rainfall over portions of north Merritt Island. Flash flooding lead to numerous roads being flooded, including Nina Court. According to local emergency managers, over 150 homes and businesses were affected by flooding, including one house with major damage and over 90 with minor damage, due to floodwaters entering structures. This was part of a rare, high-impact flood event that also impacted Tiusville, Mims, Sharpes, and Cocoa, with a 12-hour annual exceedance probability (AEP or the percent chance of an event occurring in any calendar year) between 0.5% and 0.2%, alternatively known as a 200 to 500-year flood.
June 2021Tornado (EF0)Frontenac$5,000A resident of the Preserve Pointe subdivision on Merritt Island, just south of the NASA Causeway and west of State Road 3, observed trees being uprooted, fences destroyed and solar panels ripping off of neighbors' roofs as a severe thunderstorms passed by. The eyewitness report along with videos and photos confirmed that a brief, weak (EF-0) tornado likely developed within the thunderstorm and produced additional scattered, (mainly tree) damage northeastward to Pine Island Road. The circulation likely initially reached the ground within the Pine Island Conservation Area to the southwest of Preserve Pointe.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindFrontenac$200A Brevard County media outlet reported that several trees and a few sections of a concrete retaining wall were knocked over from Sharpes to Port St. John as a severe thunderstorm moved through.
April 2023HailFrontenac-Trained spotter reported hail up to one inch north of Merritt Island.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindFrontenac-Trained spotter reported a 57 knot wind gust north of Merritt Island.
September 2023Funnel CloudFrontenac-Public photo via social media of a funnel cloud near Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindFrontenac-A trained weather spotter measured a peak wind gust of 62 mph from the southwest, on a private weather station.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindFrontenac-US Air Force wind tower 0803 measured a peak wind gust of 59 mph from the west.
March 2018Thunderstorm WindFrontenac-A trained spotter measured a peak wind gust of 65 mph from a weather station in North Merritt Island.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindFrontenac-The tops of several 60-80 foot tall pine trees were snapped on Sugartown Street in Port St. John.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindFrontenac-U.S. Air Force wind tower 1204 measured a 53 knot wind gust.
May 2012HailFrontenac-Public reported estimated pea to quarter-sized hail around Port St. John.
April 2011HailFrontenac-A weather spotter observed nickel sized hail in Port St. John.
June 2009Funnel CloudFrontenac-Funnel cloud spotter near Port Saint John was sighted by the public.
April 2009Tornado (EF0)Frontenac-National Weather Service Storm Survey revealed short line of damage through several buildings comprising the middle of the Frontenac Flea Market. The top wooden cross member of a single telephone phone was broken adjacent to the flea market, on the eastern side of US1 on Canebreakers Drive. Estimated winds were 65-75 mph. Two eyewitnesses driving north on US1 just SSE of the flea market observed a white, rotating vortex hit the flea market and cross US1 in front of them.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindFrontenac-A small area of straight-line thunderstorm winds damaged several residences within the Colony Park Mobile Home Village just north of North Courtney Parkway and North Tropical Trail. Damage was consistent with 55-65 mph straight-line winds.

Every storm recorded in Brevard 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
Williams Point0.9 miles14
Port Saint John1.7 miles14
Sharpes2.0 miles14
Delespine2.2 miles14
Courtenay2.9 miles13
Bellwood3.2 miles14
North Merritt Island3.5 miles13
City Point3.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 282840. 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.