Harlem Heights, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Fort Myers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33908. The Survey maps it on the Fort Myers SW quadrangle. 1,930 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1956 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 31 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
3 figuresHarlem Heights grew from 1,065 to 1,930 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,065 | |
| 2010 | 1,975 | +910 (+85%) |
| 2020 | 1,930 | -45 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Myers SW quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Harlem Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 416 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 9 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 | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1998 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 July 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 July 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 June 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 June 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 1993 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 June 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 June 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Indian Creek Park | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Iona | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Biggar | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Cypress Lake | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Truckland | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| McGregor | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cape Coral | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Shell Point Village | 3.6 miles | 15 |
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 Harlem Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2034525 | 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 1853257. 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.






