BlockPalma Sola, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Bradenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34209. It lies near Portavant Indian Mound. The Survey maps it on the Anna Maria quadrangle.
Then and now
1921 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1921 USGS Fort De Soto quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Anna Maria quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Anna Maria quadrangle1:31680
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Anna Maria quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Palma Sola between 1994 and 2002, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 October 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 January 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 Palma Sola: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P and R Shell Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palma Sola in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2018: 3 heavy rain, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 waterspout, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Lightning | Palma Sola | $200,000 | Lightning struck the roof of a house causing a fire. |
| July 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Palma Sola | $96,000 | Tropical Storm Emily came ashore in the area with a broad area of toppled trees and numerous branches downed. An NWS Storm Survey team found a narrow area of enhanced damage, likely associated with a brief tornado. Two barns were destroyed along with multiple greenhouses and a engineered wall was found toppled. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palma Sola | $5,000 | An off duty NWS Employee reported numerous large branches and several trees were downed near the area around 15th Avenue Northwest and 75th Street West. |
| January 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palma Sola | $500 | A large tree branch was downed in a shopping plaza near the intersection of Manatee Avenue West and 75th Street West. Pea sized hail was also reported. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Palma Sola | - | A trained spotter reported penny size hail in Bradenton. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Palma Sola | - | A CoCoRaHS observer 5 miles west-northwest of Bradenton measured 12.13 inches of rain during the 4 day period. |
| January 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palma Sola | - | A trained spotter reported cars being blown off the road along the Palma Sola Causeway/Manatee Avenue West. |
| September 2009 | Heavy Rain | Palma Sola | - | An NWS Employee measured 6.81 inches of rain over the past eight hours. |
| September 2009 | Heavy Rain | Palma Sola | - | An NWS Employee measured 5.0 inches of rain over eight hours. |
| August 2000 | Waterspout | Palma Sola | - | A waterspout was observed by the public and NWS meteorologists in Ruskin, four miles north northwest of Palm Sola in Manatee 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Bradenton | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Palma Sola Park | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Terra Mana | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Bradenton | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Palmetto | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Cedar Hammock | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Memphis | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Cortez | 4.1 miles | 15 |
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 Palma Sola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16896398 | 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 288420. 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.