Gulf Harbors, Florida
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the New Port Richey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34652. It lies near Green Key. The Survey maps it on the Tarpon Springs quadrangle.
Then and now
1943 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 52 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1943 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1943 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:31680
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
97 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Gulf Harbors between 1992 and 2020, burning about 597 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 37 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 51/ANCLOTE FIRE-0987 |
| 17 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | MILLER BAYOU (51) |
| 17 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 1997 | Natural | 28 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 51/AVERY FIRE/0839 |
| 7 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RUSHMORE (51) |
| 4 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gulf Harbors in 2 storm reports in 2010: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2010 | Lightning | Gulf Harbors | $12,000 | Lightning struck just outside of a home on Pilots Place in New Port Richey causing damage inside and outside the home. The bolt struck a palm tree on the side of the house, damaging several spots along the tree's trunk, leaving marks on the ground next to the tree, shattering a large potted plant, breaking up a portion of the sea wall, and rupturing a gas line. Inside, the skylight dome fell into the living room shattering a glass table top as it fell and the windows were blown out on that side of the house. No one was injured inside the house. |
| March 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gulf Harbors | $5,000 | The pool cages on two homes on Bayway Court in the Gulf Landings Subdivision sustained damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Lakes | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Beacon Square | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| New Port Richey | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Elfers | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Port Richey | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Holiday | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Forest Hills | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Anclote | 4.2 miles | 18 |
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 Gulf Harbors | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5617492 | 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 283494. 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.
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.









