Nocatee, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Arcadia West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34266. It stands on Hawthorne Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nocatee quadrangle. It stands 43 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1956 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 32 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
6 surveys from 13 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 Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Nocatee quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
178 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Nocatee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,030 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 7 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 | 46 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 14-WINDY PINE FIRE-0439 |
| 24 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | SW HULL (14) |
| 18 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Florida Forest Service | SW HILL ST (14) |
| 5 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 June 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PEACE RIVER (14) |
| 8 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 14-FLETCHER FIRE-0469 |
| 5 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PIGMY (14) |
| 5 June 2012 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | DESOTO HIGHWAY 17 (14) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Nocatee: 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot Arcadia - Nocatee #1 Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Dot Arcadia - Nocatee #2 Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Dot Arcadia - Nocatee #3 Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Ghc Construction, Inc. - Hillsborough Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nocatee in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Lightning | Nocatee | 1 killed, 2 hurt | At 4:30 p.m. EDT on June 23, 2008, Employee #1 was working at a ranch, clipping dead limbs off of a palm tree, when a heavy rain and lightning approached. Employee #1 and two coworkers sought refuge under a large 30-ft oak tree. While under the tree, Employee #1 leaned up against the tree. When lightning struck the tree, Employee #1 sustained burns to his hands and feet and was killed. Both coworkers were airlifted to Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida. |
| July 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Nocatee | $5,000 | A brief landspout developed as a sea breeze boundary interacted with additional thunderstorm boundaries. Emergency management assessment of the affected area indicated minor damage to a couple of homes along with a downed power pole near the intersection of Marco Avenue and Beard Street in DeSoto county. Winds were estimated up to around 65 mph with a path length of less than a quarter of a mile. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nocatee | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Nocatee | - | Dime sized hail was reported by an Amateur Ham radio operator in Nocatee. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcadia | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Hull | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Belgium (historical) | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Fort Ogden | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lansing | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Tryon | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Cubitis | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Southfort | 7.7 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 Nocatee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15051633 | 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 294280. 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.





