Moore Haven, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Southwest Glades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33471. The Survey maps it on the Moore Haven quadrangle. 1,566 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 13 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.


On record in Moore Haven
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 2 records
Moore Haven Downtown Historic Districtlisted 1995
Moore Haven Residential Historic Districtlisted 1998
Population over time
2 figuresMoore Haven fell from 1,680 to 1,566 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 | 1,680 | |
| 2020 | 1,566 | -114 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Moore Haven quadrangle1:24000, 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
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Moore Haven between 1992 and 2018, burning about 582 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | (GL) DEUCE (1443) |
| 28 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GL- RV FIRE-991 |
| 2 June 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (GL) MALELUCCA FIRE (411) |
| 1 June 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HICPOCHEE (22) |
| 22 May 2017 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RIM CANAL (22) |
| 20 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | (GL) RIVER ROAD (702) |
| 16 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (GL) GLADES INN (511) |
| 1 May 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HAGAN (22) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moore Haven in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 8 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 5 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | Tornado (EF3) | Moore Haven | 3 hurt, $20,000,000 | A severe tornado was initially observed in images captured over the western Lake|Okeechobee littoral shelf from the Harney Pond WeatherSTEM camera around 1:30 PM|EST in Glades County. The debris from the littoral shelf and associated vegetation was lofted in the air producing a tornadic debris signature detectable by the distant Miami|radar by 1:35 PM EST. The first observed property damage attributable to this tornado was in the Sarasota Colony neighborhood of Lakeport where the tornado demolished the second story dwellings of three well-built homes and then proceeded to cross Florida State Road 78 into the Fishermans Lane neighborhood where it destroyed the roofs and broke windows of 1920s-era Florida homes, lofted and tossed several manufactured homes and travel trailers, flipped a Ford Focus station wagon, and deposited debris over two blocks from their original location into the bottom of a retention pond behind the neighborhood. One manufactured home chassis was observed wrapped 15 to 20 feet above the ground around a hardwood tree located across the street from its original location with the contents of the home located in the pond almost 200 yards downstream. Damage from multiple vortices was observed at this location including one swath that reached EF-1 intensity to the east of the main EF-3 damage path. The tornado proceeded north-northwest to the east of the Harney Pond Canal into the Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation. A tornadic debris signature was detectable on the Miami radar at 1:48 PM EST as the tornado entered the southern|limits of the reservation. As the tornado continued north-northwest, it damaged trees and pulled metal panels from roofing of assorted outbuildings from different|homesteads on the south side of the reservation. The tornado entered the Brighton Seminole Village causing tree and chickee hut roof damage in the Knotts Landing neighborhood before moving into the Sports Complex where it demolished the spectator and dugout areas of some of the baseball fields. The tornado likely lifted behind one of the baseball fields around 1:49 PM EST. The Miami radar continue to detect a tornadic debris signature through 1:50 PM EST as the storm moved north along Reservation Road. The tornado was rated as a violent EF-3 that at peak produced an estimated 140 mph wind in the Sarasota Colony neighborhood of Glades County. In total, 54 structures were damaged, with 27 uninhabitable and considered destroyed. There were three people injured and no fatalities. Damage dollar amount is estimated. |
| September 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Moore Haven | $50,000 | A tornado moved NW over portions of Moore Haven early Wednesday morning, September 28th. First signs of damage was tree damage near Park Avenue and Yaun Road, with siding and panel damage to a home on Park Avenue, as well as two storage trailers tipped near the Sportsman Village on Daniels Road next to the US 27 bridge. The damage path ended near the Moore Haven Yacht Club where siding damage to homes were observed. Damage is consistent with the higher end of the EF-0 scale.|Damage totals are estimated. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moore Haven | $50,000 | Barn was destroyed. power lines were downed and trees uprooted. |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Moore Haven | $25,000 | A brief tornado touchdown was observed by witnesses. The tornado did minor damage to roofs and screened porches. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moore Haven | $20,000 | Strong winds caused some damage to mobile home carports and roofs along Azalea Avenue at Bowden's sub-division just south of Moore Haven. Several power lines were also downed near a sugarcane field. Area affected was roughly a half mile wide.||Damage survey done by Glades County Emergency Management after initial report by law enforcement. |
| July 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Moore Haven | $20,000 | A tornado formed along the southeast shore of Lake Okeechobee and moved west northwest. Sporadic damage along the track consisted of a pool enclosure blown into a canal and the roof of a Catholic Church being partially blown off. |
| January 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Moore Haven | - | A video on social media showed a funnel cloud looking west from State Road 78 near Moore Haven, associated with a thunderstorm moving over the area. Time is estimated. |
| February 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Moore Haven | - | The tornado initially touched down near the intersection of West Avenue and North Avenue, creating partial roof damage to a home along North Avenue as well as destroying a back porch and piercing side of nearby shed with debris. The tornado then traveled to the northeast, downing powerlines along the northeast side of the intersection of North Avenue and Riverside Drive SW as well as partially destroying a fence and uprooting trees. The tornado then moved northeast across the Caloosahatchee River. Additional roof debris was found in open fields on the east side of the river near River Road and Azalea Avenue. The tornado then tracked across open fields, before crossing Old US 27 and US 27 near Yaun Road. The most signficant damage occurred along the north side of Yaun Road where two mobile homes were destroyed. One mobile home was flipped and totaled, with debris scattered in a nearby field. The second mobile home remained standing, but most of the walls were removed. In addition to the mobile homes, a nearby fence was knocked down along with the destruction of a greenhouse, and dog and chicken pens. The porch roof of another mobile home was also destroyed. The tornado then lifted shortly thereafter just before crossing the railroad tracks near Park Avenue East. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Moore Haven | - | An isolated severe thunderstorm produced quarter sized hail at the Moore Haven Lock and Dam. |
| July 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Moore Haven | - | The Glades County Emergency Manager reported a tornado touched down in open country near the intersection of U.S. 27 and State Road 78. There were no reports of injuries, fatalities or damage. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moore Haven | - | The Glades County Sherriffs office reported a tree down in Moore Haven along with widespread power outages. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Moore Haven | - | Sheriff office in Moore Haven reported nickel hail falling. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Moore Haven | - | Glades County sheriffs office reported hail the size of quarters in Moore Haven. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Moore Haven | - | Dime-size hail was reported at the Sheriff's Office. |
| July 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Moore Haven | - | The Sheriff's Office reported a funnel cloud near the intersection of U.S. 80 and CR 833. |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Moore Haven | - | Tornado was reported by a sheriff's deputy. F0 tornado touched down in a sugar cane field near the intersection of US27 and CR710. Minor damage to powerlines. |
| March 1998 | Waterspout | Moore Haven | - | Waterspout moved ne across nw Lake Okeechobee before moving onshore Okeechobee county. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moore Haven | - | Male was swept overboard from 30 foot sailboat. He was rescued as he clung to a buoy and his mate and sailboat drifted about one half mile away on Lake Okeechobee. |
| July 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Moore Haven | - | Funnel cloud observed south of Moore Haven. |
| November 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moore Haven | - | trees down in much of county. two mobile homes damaged west of moore haven. |
| September 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Moore Haven | - | Glades County Sheriff's Office reported a tornado on the ground 4 miles west of Moore Haven. No casualties or damage was reported. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Moore Haven | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moore Haven | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Wildfire | Moore Haven | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Moore Haven | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Moore Haven | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Moore Haven | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Park | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Benbow | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Liberty Point | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Monkey Box | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Shawnee | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Centre | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Lakeport | 10.1 miles | 12 | |
| Ortona | 11.9 miles | 11 |
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 Moore Haven | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q580316 | 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 287104. 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.






