Pirate Harbor, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Punta Gorda census division. It lies near Roberts Island. The Survey maps it on the Punta Gorda SE quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 25 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
8 surveys from 13 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 Charlotte Harbor quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Punta Gorda SE quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Punta Gorda Se quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Charlotte Harbor quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
288 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 288 fires within 5 miles of Pirate Harbor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,795 acres in total. 135 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 | 135 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 37 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Fireworks | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 08-ZEMEL RANGE FIRE-0486 |
| 3 September 2020 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | SHOTGUN ROAD (08) |
| 3 September 2013 | Natural | 2.1 acres | Florida Forest Service | ZEMEL ROAD (08) |
| 28 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PANATELLA TREADMILL 2 (08) |
| 28 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PANATELLA TREADMILL (08) |
| 24 September 2016 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | SHOTGUN (08) |
| 23 September 2016 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ZEMEL (08) |
| 23 September 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GASPARILLA (08) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Gulf Acres | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| South Punta Gorda Heights | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Acline | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Riviera Lagoons | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Blue Heron Pines | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Burnt Store Lakes | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Aqui Esta | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Charlotte Park | 7.4 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 Q122547420 | 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 288991. 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.







