Pirates Cove, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Lower Keys census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33042. It lies near Sugarloaf Key. The Survey maps it on the Sugarloaf Key quadrangle.
Then and now
1921 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 68 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
5 surveys from 9 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 Sugar Loaf Key quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Sugarloaf Key quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Sugarloaf Key quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Key West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Key West quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
36 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Pirates Cove between 1993 and 2011, burning about 32 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | National Key Deer Refuge | TRAILER FIRE |
| 23 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2009-18-0234 |
| 3 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 June 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | National Key Deer Refuge | LITTLE KNOCKEMDOWN |
| 10 June 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | 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 Pirates Cove: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Keevan and Sons - Summerland Key Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Tarmac-Florida - Cudjoe Key | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pirates Cove in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pirates Cove | - | A wind gust of 50 knots, or 58 mph, was measured on Cudjoe Key near the southern end of Sawyer Drive. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cudjoe Key | 1.7 miles | 5 | |
| Sugarloaf Shores | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Perky | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Summerland Key | 4.0 miles | 5 | |
| Bay Point | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| El Chico | 8.5 miles | 7 | |
| Big Coppitt Key | 8.6 miles | 7 | |
| Big Pine Key | 8.6 miles | 4 |
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 Q15051636 | 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 294386. 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.




