Nokomis, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Osprey-Laurel-Nokomis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34275. It stands on Curry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Venice quadrangle. 3,217 people lived here at the 2020 count. 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.


On record in Nokomis
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
Lucienne Nielsen Houselisted 2007
Nokomis Beach Pavilionlisted 2013
Population over time
2 figuresNokomis grew from 3,167 to 3,217 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 | 3,167 | |
| 2020 | 3,217 | +50 (+2%) |
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
150 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Nokomis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,433 acres in total. 62 started naturally. 8 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 | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1996 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | I75 MM192 (58) |
| 22 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2003-15-1104 |
| 12 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2020 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RANCH RD 2 (58) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Nokomis: 7 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Sarasota - Cow Pen Slough Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Everglades Estates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Everglades Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Laurel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Laurel Pit Fla. Truck. & Excava. | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Rigby Pit | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Apac-Florida - Laurel Shell Pit | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Deans Contracting - Section 35 Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Stephen T. Deans - Section 21 Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nokomis in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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 2000 | Flood | Nokomis | $75,000 | Heavy rainfall of four to six inches in less than six hours caused localized urban street flooding from Nokomis, south across Venice, and continued south to Englewood. Several vehicles incurred water damage from urban floodwaters at low-lying intersections in Venice and Englewood. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nokomis | $50,000 | Three manufactured homes received damage to car ports, lanais, and part of the roof was peeled back. |
| July 2019 | Lightning | Nokomis | $50,000 | Lightning was suspected to have caused a fire in the roof of a house in Venice. Fire crews put out the fire in the attic before it spread to the rest of the house. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nokomis | $25,000 | There was one large tree that fell down onto a home causing some structural damage on Edmondson Road. In addition, there was some vehicle damage and damage to a carport as a large snapped tree limb fell onto it. There was some roof damage to a home on Adriatic Street, and a snapped tree caused some vehicle and structure damage on Jessica Street. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nokomis | $20,000 | The Sarasota Sheriffs Department reported thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and power lines along King Street in Nokomis, along Giblin Drive near Acorn Street in Englewood and along Alhambra Road and Lisbon Street in Venice. |
| March 1999 | Wildfire | Nokomis | $10,000 | A wildfire burned nearly 15 acres of brush and caused damage to a residential home in Nokomis. |
| September 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Nokomis | - | A SKYWARN spotter observed a funnel cloud along I-75 near Nokomis. Pictures of the funnel were widely circulated by broadcast media. |
| July 2008 | Heavy Rain | Nokomis | - | Law Enforcement reported minor flooding on Albee Road West near the bridge and the north jetty. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Nokomis | - | Dime sized hail was reported by Sarasota county fire & rescue along Jackson Road in Nokomis. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Venice | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Nokomis Beach | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Venice Beach | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Eastgate | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Laurel Villa | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Venice Gardens | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| South Venice | 4.7 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 Nokomis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2570535 | 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 287754. 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.








