BlockGasparilla, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1981. It lies in ZIP code area 33921. The Survey maps it on the Placida 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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Placida quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
39 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Gasparilla between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,274 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 08-ROTUNDA AIRPORT FIRE-0498 |
| 12 September 1993 | Natural | 75 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2000 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 2001 | Natural | 150 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2017 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | CHARLOTTE HARBOR PARK (08) |
| 31 July 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 2003 | Natural | 70 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-15-1081 |
| 3 July 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cayo Pelau | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Boca Grande | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Port Boca Grande | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bokeelia | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Pineland | 11.9 miles | 14 | |
| Burnt Store Marina | 12.3 miles | 13 | |
| Cayo Costa | 13.1 miles | 14 | |
| Upper Captiva | 14.4 miles | 14 |
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 Q122552323 | 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 294783. 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.