Peace River Shores, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Punta Gorda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33982. It stands on Lee Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fort Ogden 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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Ft. Ogden quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Arcadia quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
226 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Peace River Shores between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,540 acres in total. 57 started naturally. 9 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 | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 08-SABLEWOOD FIRE-0425 |
| 3 September 1996 | Natural | 35 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Natural | 32 acres | Florida Forest Service | 14-SWEATY BEAR FIRE-0281 |
| 25 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 14-BRANSON FIRE-0476 |
| 7 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 Peace River Shores: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peace River Conservancy - Kings Highway Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Peace River Conservancy - Kings Hwy Pit. | Sand | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgantown | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Ridge Harbor | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Deep Creek | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Sans Souci | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Harbour Heights | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Cleveland | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Harbor View | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Tee and Green Estates | 6.2 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 Q122551986 | 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 288613. 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.





