Pelican Lake Motorcoach Resort, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Everglades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34114. The Survey maps it on the Belle Meade quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 31 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 West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Belle Meade quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Naples quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
137 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Pelican Lake Motorcoach Resort between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,581 acres in total. 45 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 | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 1993 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 1996 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | EAST (11) |
| 7 July 2007 | Natural | 217 acres | Florida Forest Service | 11/ NO DINNER FIRE |
| 6 July 2014 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROOKERY (11) |
| 6 July 2007 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | 11/LITTLE SABLE FIRE |
| 31 July 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HENDERSON CREEK (11) |
| 27 July 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pelican Lake Motorcoach Resort: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collier County Board of Co Comm. - Sr 951 | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Maples Limerock South Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| North Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wilson, Miller, Et. Al. - Southwood Mine | Sand | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Marco Junction | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Belle Meade | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Shell Island | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Winding Cypress | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lely Resort | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Isles of Capri | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Naples Manor | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Marco | 4.6 miles | 12 |
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 Q122558233 | 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 2450954. 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.





