Manasota, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Venice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34223. It stands on Forked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Venice quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1944 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 44 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
9 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.
- 1944 USGS Venice quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Venice quadrangle1:31680
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Venice quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Sarasota quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
105 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Manasota between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,368 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 6 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | BRIDGE ST 2 (58) |
| 30 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 58-LEMON BAY PARK FIRE-0471 |
| 23 August 2011 | Natural | 14 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROBIN RD. (58) -0543 |
| 21 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BRIDGE ST (58) |
| 21 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 58-BRIDGE FIRE 2-0263 |
| 18 August 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2010 | Natural | 2.7 acres | Florida Forest Service | 58-BRIDGE ST FIRE-0260 |
| 17 August 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Manasota: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Calcium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanchey Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pit Number 007 | Calcium | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manasota in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manasota | $75,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged porch enclosures of ten to fifteen mobile homes on the 6100 block of Manasota Key Road. |
| January 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Manasota | $20,000 | A Myakka State Forest Ranger reported tornado damage to a ranger station and a mobile home trailer at around 3:50 am. A subsequent NWS storm survey found a 50 yard wide, one mile long intermittent path of damage that included snapped and uprooted trees and a mobile home trailer that had been picked up and tossed 30 to 40 yards. The damage was found to be consistent with an EF-0 tornado making multiple touchdowns with estimated peak winds of 85 mph. The survey found low end EF-0 damage to the east of the Myakka River that included minor roof damage, a bent stop sign pole, and numerous broken tree branches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manasota Beach | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Woodmere | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Southwest Venice | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Venice Groves | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| South Venice | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Venice East | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Plantation | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Venice Gardens | 4.0 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.
| Wikipedia article on Manasota | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16894549 | 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 286345. 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.








