Ochopee, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Everglades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34141. The Survey maps it on the Ochopee quadrangle.
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 Ochopee
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
Monroe Stationlisted 2000
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Ochopee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Everglades City quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
117 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Ochopee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22,149 acres in total. 60 started naturally. 14 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 | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Big Cypress National Preserve | OPS FIRE |
| 11 September 2000 | Natural | 2.9 acres | Big Cypress National Preserve | OCHOPELAKE |
| 11 September 1997 | Natural | 60 acres | Big Cypress National Preserve | HELLS ACRE |
| 7 August 2003 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Big Cypress National Preserve | COPELAND1 |
| 24 August 2003 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Big Cypress National Preserve | S.TURNER |
| 23 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Big Cypress National Preserve | VINCE'STWR |
| 20 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Big Cypress National Preserve | MONROE |
| 15 August 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Big Cypress National Preserve | HALFWAY CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ochopee: 1 past producer. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ochopee Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ochopee in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2017: 3 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Ochopee | - | NWS storm survey determined damage including leaning wood power poles along US 41 and SR 29 were due to a tornado. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Ochopee | - | A Coop Observer saw a funnel cloud. |
| March 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Ochopee | - | A fire chief photographed a tornado near the intersection of U.S. 41 and SR 29. The tornado did no known damage. |
| July 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Ochopee | - | A pilot saw a brief tornado touchdown in the everglades south of I-75. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnestown | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Lee Cypress | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Copeland | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Everglades City | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Plantation Island | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Chokoloskee | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Jerome | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Weavers Station | 9.3 miles | 11 |
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 Ochopee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3348727 | 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 295500. 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.




