North Fort Myers, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the North Fort Myers census division. It stands on Powell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Myers NW quadrangle. 42,719 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3 feet above sea level.
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 North Fort Myers
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 1 record
J. Colin English Schoollisted 1999
Population over time
2 figuresNorth Fort Myers grew from 39,407 to 42,719 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 | 39,407 | |
| 2020 | 42,719 | +3,312 (+8%) |
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 NW 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
387 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 387 fires within 5 miles of North Fort Myers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,344 acres in total. 68 started naturally. 31 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 131 |
| Natural | 68 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 29 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | DEL (36) |
| 8 August 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BARN (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 North Fort Myers: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Dolomite Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Edison Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Fort Myers in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Fort Myers | $10,000 | Images were posted to social media of a tree down on a fence and home in North Fort Myers. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Fort Myers | $3,000 | Minor roof damage occurred to the Kings Way Christian Center in North Fort Myers. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Fort Myers | - | Video of a few downed trees and numerous branches three inches in diameter ripped from trees. |
| July 2007 | Hail | North Fort Myers | - | Penny size hail was reported near the Edison Bridge near Oak Street and 7th Way. |
| July 2007 | Hail | North Fort Myers | - | Quarter size hail was reported near Bay Shore and Business Highway 41. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Manor | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Salvista | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Palmona Park | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Palm and Pine Park | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Fort Myers | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Lochmoor Waterway Estates | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Waterway Estates | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Poinciana Estates | 2.8 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 North Fort Myers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q282266 | 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 287818. 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.






