Morse Shores, Florida
14 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 33905. It stands on Orange River. The Survey maps it on the Fort Myers quadrangle.
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 Morse Shores
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Menge-Hansen Marine Wayslisted 2009 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:24000, 5 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
324 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 324 fires within 5 miles of Morse Shores between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,090 acres in total. 94 started naturally. 13 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 | 94 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 75 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WESTGATE (36) |
| 27 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 36/0506-NOV |
| 25 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 36/THE HUNTER FIRE |
| 10 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 1992 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2014 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | POWERLINE (36) |
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 Morse Shores: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edison Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Triple C Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morse Shores in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2015: 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morse Shores | $500 | A trained spotter reported damage to some pine trees in his neighborhood in East Fort Myers. Lee County Emergency Management also relayed a report of an aluminum roof ripped off of a small building. |
| October 2011 | Heavy Rain | Morse Shores | - | Heavy rain from afternoon thunderstorms flooded both the east and west bound lanes of State Road 80 near the intersection with Orange River Boulevard. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Vista Park Mobille Home Park | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Tice | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Bayshore | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Verandah | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Poinciana Estates | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Palm and Pine Park | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Fort Myers Shores | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Buckingham | 3.5 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 Q122573452 | 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 1867177. 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.






