Old Myakka, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Interior County census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34240. The Survey maps it on the Old Myakka quadrangle.
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 Old Myakka
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Miakka School Houselisted 1986 · 0.5 miles away
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 Miakka quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Old Myakka quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
- 1973 USGS Old Myakka quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Sarasota quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Old Myakka between 1992 and 2020, burning about 788 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 3 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2014 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MIDWAY RD. (58) |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2014 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MURPHY RD (58) |
| 17 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2012 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MYAKKA VALLEY RANCH (58) |
| 29 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 July 2012 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | MIDWAY RD (58) |
| 5 June 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Old Myakka in 1 storm report in 1993: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1993 | Hail | Old Myakka | - | Quarter-size hail fell. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miakka | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Hidden River | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Honore | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Utopia | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Tatum Ridge | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Fordville | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Tatum | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Sarasota | 9.2 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122548261 | 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 294873. 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.








