BlockNorth Port, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the North Port census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34287. The Survey maps it on the Murdock quadrangle. 74,793 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 10 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.
On record in North Port
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
Warm Mineral Springs Building Complexlisted 2019
Warm Mineral Springs Motellisted 2013
Population over time
2 figuresNorth Port grew from 57,357 to 74,793 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 | 57,357 | |
| 2020 | 74,793 | +17,436 (+30%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Murdock quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
- 1979 USGS Sarasota quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
945 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 945 fires within 5 miles of North Port between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,064 acres in total. 286 started naturally. 88 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 | 286 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 241 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 144 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 93 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 88 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 36 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Fireworks | 12 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 08-TIPPECANOE ONE FIRE-0454 |
| 28 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
20 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Port in 20 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 5 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 wildfire. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2001 | Wildfire | North Port | 1 hurt, $100,000 | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Wildfire | North Port | $250,000 | Wildfires destroyed a fire truck, consumed a home, damaged an out building and burned over 300 acres of brush and scrub trees along U.S. Highway 41 and the Myakka River Bridge west of North Port. |
| September 2000 | Tornado (F0) | North Port | $60,000 | A short lived tornado, that originated in Charlotte county and was associated with an outer rainband of Hurricane Gordon, briefly touched down, snapped a few trees, downed power lines and damaged a few carports, east of the intersection of Interstate 75 and Toledo Blade Boulevard. The tornado continued to sporadically touch down along a narrow path as it moved rapidly north across Interstate 75 over rural southeast Sarasota county before it lifted and dissipated. |
| August 2000 | Hail | North Port | $50,000 | The North Port Police Department reported golfball sized hail which caused paint and body damage to several vehicles throughout North Port. |
| April 1993 | Tornado (F0) | North Port | $50,000 | Four houses received minor damage from a brief tornado touchdown. Roofs were damaged, windows broken, screening damaged, a truck toper damaged, and trees were mangled or uprooted. |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Port | $42,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged the roofs of three mobile homes at the Holiday Mobile Home Park. Thirty large trees were also downed by the thunderstorm winds along Cheryl Lane and Euclid Avenues in North Port. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Port | $5,000 | Florida Power & Light utility and the public reported that a few large trees, limbs and power lines were downed in North Port over extreme southern Sarasota county. |
| January 1998 | Tornado (F0) | North Port | $5,000 | A short lived tornado touched down along Kaayan Street between Price and Norlendale Boulevards and downed several power lines, snapped tree tops and blew down stop signs before it lifted and dissipated. |
| July 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | North Port | $1,000 | A brief tornado touchdown was viewed by the public near the intersections of Price Blvd. and Raintree Blvd. Law enforcement found debris in the road from downed trees and road signs. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Port | $1,000 | Thunderstorm wind toppled two large trees on top of a house which caused major damage to the roof of the home. A second home received minor to moderate roof damage from large branches downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2023 | Flood | North Port | - | Local EM reported multiple street closures in North Port due to heavy afternoon and evening rainfall. |
| December 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | North Port | - | EM, media, and public all relayed pictures and video of lanai damage and additional picture of a large tree downed near the lanai. Radar indicates brief rotation and videos support a tornado designation. Estimated ef-0 strength with winds of 85 mph. |
| May 2013 | Hail | North Port | - | There were numerous reports on social media of quarter sized hail and one picture of golf ball sized hail in North Port. |
| May 2012 | Hail | North Port | - | Public reported golf ball sized hail in North Port. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Port | - | Emergency management damage survey found approximately 13 homes with minor roof and fence damage and one home with about a third of the roof torn off. Additionally, a large oak tree with no root ball was downed. Damage occurred in an east to west path from around Oxwood Street to North Port Boulevard. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Port | - | Multiple trees down and several businesses signs down. |
| June 2002 | Lightning | North Port | - | Brush fires sparked by lightning near Warm Mineral Springs burned about 500 acres south of Interstate 75. At one time, the fire came within a quarter mile of the interstate, threatening to close it. |
| August 2000 | Hail | North Port | - | A Skywarn Spotter reported dime sized hail near the intersection of Toledo Blade Road and East Price Boulevard in North Port. |
| June 1999 | Hail | North Port | - | Quarter sized hail was reported near the intersection of Interstate 75 and Toledo Blade Boulevard by the Sarasota County Sheriffs Department. |
| November 2002 | Flash Flood | North Port | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warm Mineral Springs | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Tarpon Point | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Plantation | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Venice East | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sidell | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Woodmere | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Englewood | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Venice Groves | 9.0 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 Port | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2155370 | 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 294334. 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.
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.