BlockGulfport, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the St. Petersburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33707. The Survey maps it on the Pass-a-Grille Beach quadrangle. 11,783 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 16 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1921 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1921 against another survey:
On record in Gulfport
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 1 record
Gulfport Casinolisted 2014
Population over time
2 figuresGulfport fell from 12,029 to 11,783 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 | 12,029 | |
| 2020 | 11,783 | -246 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1921 USGS Fort De Soto quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Pass-A-Grille quadrangle1:31680
- 1949 USGS Pass-A-Grille quadrangle1:25000
- 1956 USGS Pass-A-Grille Beach quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Pass-A-Grille Beach quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Gulfport between 2004 and 2006, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 52 26TH STREET |
| 18 April 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LEALMAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gulfport: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lease No. 1788 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gulfport in 20 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 lightning, 2 hail, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Lightning | Gulfport | 2 hurt, $5,000 | Two police officers were shocked and slightly injured when lightning struck the Gulfport City Hall. The officers had their hands on pieces of metal attached to an office cubicle when lightning struck the exterior of the building. The lightning strike damaged two surveillance cameras and temporarily disabled the City Hall computers. |
| August 2014 | Lightning | Gulfport | 1 hurt | The state watch office reported a man on a motorcycle was struck by lightning near Gulfport. The man was treated on-scene for his injuries and refused to be taken to the hospital. |
| March 2018 | Lightning | Gulfport | $30,000 | Broadcast media reported that a travel trailer was destroyed in St. Petersburg in a fire that was sparked by a lightning strike. One dog was killed in the fire. |
| April 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Gulfport | $20,000 | A narrow track of damage was found along the path of a radar indicated tornado signature, indicating a brief touch down. The storm had previously produced a waterspout that was witnessed near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. A large oak tree was knocked down on a house near the intersection of 14th Avenue South and 44th Street South. Another Large tree was slit, falling on a house near 11th Avenue South and 43rd Street south. |
| June 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Gulfport | $20,000 | A National Weather Service survey found a narrow path of damage from a waterspout that came onshore in Gulfport as a tornado and moved north for less than 2 miles before dissipating. Damage occurred to 12 homes, including damage to facia, shingles, awnings, and fences. Damage was roughly estimated at $20,000. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gulfport | $20,000 | A trained spotter reported 3 trees downs and 3 telephone poles down in Saint Petersburg near 16th Avenue South and 21st Street South. One of the trees fell onto a trailer. |
| March 2011 | Lightning | Gulfport | $10,000 | Lightning struck a house, causing minor structural damage and igniting a small fire. |
| August 2002 | Lightning | Gulfport | $10,000 | Lightning struck house and started a fire in the attic. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gulfport | $5,000 | One tree uprooted and a few large tree branches snapped in the area. Two cars and a trampoline was damaged. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gulfport | $5,000 | Multiple trees and large branches were reported knocked down. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gulfport | $3,000 | Numerous snapped branches in the St. Petersburg area brought down power lines and left approximately 1000 residents without power. |
| July 2015 | Lightning | Gulfport | $1,000 | Pinellas County 911 reported a possible lightning strike that caused a house fire in St. Petersburg. The fire caused damage to the roof of one home. The fire was put out by the homeowners. No injuries were reported. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gulfport | $1,000 | A large tree was blown down near Thurgood Marshall Middle School in St. Petersburg. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gulfport | $1,000 | A large tree was downed in Gulfport and was blocking a roadway. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gulfport | - | Mesonet station XCBN Clam Bayou Nature Park reported a strong wind gust. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gulfport | - | WeatherFlow station XCBN reported a wind gust of 58 mph. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Gulfport | - | A CoCoRaHS observer near Gulfport measured 8.28 inches of rain during the 4 day period. |
| August 2010 | Heavy Rain | Gulfport | - | Heavy rains caused street flooding that closed the on and off ramps from Interstate 275 at 54th Avenue South for about an hour. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Gulfport | - | Nickel-size hail fell. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Gulfport | - | Marble-size hail fell. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadwater | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| South Pasadena | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Saint Petersburg | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Bahia Shores | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Pasadena | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Point Brittany | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Lakewood Estates | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bayway | 2.5 miles | 17 |
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 Gulfport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2153200 | 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 283501. 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.