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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.

Nokomis within Sarasota County

Then and now

1944 to 1988

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Nokomis, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Nokomis, surveyed 1944

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

Population over time

2 figures

Nokomis 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,167
20203,217+50 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

150 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use20
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1996Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1996Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceI75 MM192 (58)
22 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2003-15-1104
12 September 1997Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 1998Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2020Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRANCH RD 2 (58)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sarasota County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dot Sarasota - Cow Pen Slough MineSandUnknownSand
Everglades Estates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Everglades PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Laurel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Laurel Pit Fla. Truck. & Excava.CalciumProducer
Rigby PitCalciumProducer
Apac-Florida - Laurel Shell PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Deans Contracting - Section 35 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Stephen T. Deans - Section 21 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Sarasota County

Storms near this place

9 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2000FloodNokomis$75,000Heavy 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 2022Thunderstorm WindNokomis$50,000Three manufactured homes received damage to car ports, lanais, and part of the roof was peeled back.
July 2019LightningNokomis$50,000Lightning 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 2011Thunderstorm WindNokomis$25,000There 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 1999Thunderstorm WindNokomis$20,000The 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 1999WildfireNokomis$10,000A wildfire burned nearly 15 acres of brush and caused damage to a residential home in Nokomis.
September 2012Funnel CloudNokomis-A SKYWARN spotter observed a funnel cloud along I-75 near Nokomis. Pictures of the funnel were widely circulated by broadcast media.
July 2008Heavy RainNokomis-Law Enforcement reported minor flooding on Albee Road West near the bridge and the north jetty.
June 2001HailNokomis-Dime sized hail was reported by Sarasota county fire & rescue along Jackson Road in Nokomis.

Every storm recorded in Sarasota County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Laurel0.9 miles13
Venice1.4 miles14
Nokomis Beach1.5 miles13
Venice Beach1.5 miles14
Eastgate1.9 miles14
Laurel Villa2.2 miles13
Venice Gardens3.7 miles14
South Venice4.7 miles14

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 NokomisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2570535The 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.