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Rotunda-West, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Grove City-Rotonda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33946. It lies near Don Pedro Island. The Survey maps it on the Placida quadrangle.

Rotunda-West within Charlotte County

Then and now

1956 to 1981

The 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 sheet of Rotunda-West, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Rotunda-West, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

216 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Rotunda-West between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,737 acres in total. 96 started naturally. 16 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
Natural96
Equipment and vehicle use38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2016Natural25 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBRIG CIRCLE (08)
24 September 2016Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBOUNDRY (58)
22 September 2009Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service08-ROTUNDA AIRPORT FIRE-0498
20 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 1995Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charlotte County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rotunda-West: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Handy Phil - Handy Phil PitSandProducer

Every working recorded in Charlotte County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rotunda-West in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018LightningRotunda West$50,000A fire that destroyed a golf club maintenance shed was suspected to have been caused by a lightning strike.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindRotunda West$20,000Charlotte County Emergency Management reported that a tree limb fell through a roof and broke a window in Rotonda West as a result of thunderstorm wind gusts. Additionally, a carport and screen porch were damaged on Griggs Road in Englewood.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindRotunda West$1,000Broadcast media relayed picture of large tree snapped near Rotonda area of Charlotte County.
June 2022Tornado (EF0)Rotunda West-EM reported a destroyed pool cage in Rotonda neighborhood as well as minor roof damage to another home in the vicinity.
April 2015HailRotunda West-A trained spotter reported penny to nickel size hail falling near Rotunda. The hail lasted for one minute in duration.
March 2010Heavy RainRotunda West-The Charlotte County Airport reported 4.27 inches of rain throughout the event causing minor flooding. In addition, other mesonet stations received 6.35 inches of rain 9.6 miles south of Punta Gorda, 5.43 inches 1 mile west-northwest of Rotonda, 5.10 inches 6.4 miles west of Port Charlotte, and 3.36 inches at Shell Creek near Punta Gorda.

Every storm recorded in Charlotte 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Cape Haze0.5 miles12
Rotonda1.8 miles12
Placida2.4 miles12
Shaefer3.8 miles12
Grove City4.2 miles12
Sancassa5.3 miles12
Manasota Key5.6 miles12
New Point Comfort5.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300314. 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.