Istokpoga, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sebring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33876. It stands on Yellow Bluff Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lorida quadrangle.
Then and now
1952 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 36 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1952 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1952 USGS Lorida quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Arcadia quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
307 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 307 fires within 5 miles of Istokpoga between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,638 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 65 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 45 |
| Natural | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (HI) PORCH FIRE - 1401 |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (HI) PEAT FIRE (1204) |
| 26 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (HI) AL (1492) |
| 18 September 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (HI) ANTHROP (0701) |
| 15 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HI- 66 FIRE-1189 |
| 6 August 2007 | Natural | 5.1 acres | Florida Forest Service | (HI) SINGLE MAN ON CALL (1054) |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (HI) HALLMARK (1248) |
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 Istokpoga: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Peat. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tu-Co Peat - Tu-Co Pit | Peat | Producer | Peat |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Istokpoga in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Istokpoga | $5,000 | A tornado was reported to touch down in a rural area near U.S. Highway 98 and Airport Road. In addition, several trees and numerous branches were downed, as well as some fencing torn down in several lots in the northwest section of the Spring Lakes subdivision. |
| September 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Istokpoga | - | EM relayed social media video of funnel cloud taken from near the Sebring Raceway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| De Soto City | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Kuhlman | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lorida | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sylvan Shores | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sebring | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Marland | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Highlands Park Estates | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Wild Island | 8.3 miles | 13 |
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 Q122555861 | 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 294813. 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.





