BlockNew Point Comfort, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Grove City-Rotonda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34223. It stands on Gottfried Creek. The Survey maps it on the Englewood quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 25 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
7 surveys from 12 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 Charlotte Harbor quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Englewood quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Charlotte Harbor quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
231 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of New Point Comfort between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,131 acres in total. 106 started naturally. 16 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 | 106 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BOUNDRY (58) |
| 20 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GRANDEUR ST (58) |
| 9 August 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BARNACLE CT (58) |
| 9 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SOUTH MSF (58) |
| 7 August 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CLAREMONT DRIVE (58) |
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 New Point Comfort: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handy Phil - Handy Phil Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Pit Number 007 | Calcium | Producer |
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 Key | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| Punta Gorda Beach | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Grove City | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Shaefer | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Sancassa | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Rotonda | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Rotunda-West | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cape Haze | 6.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 287668. 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.