Sancassa, 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 34224. The Survey maps it on the Englewood 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
7 surveys from 12 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 Englewood quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 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
453 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 453 fires within 5 miles of Sancassa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,872 acres in total. 186 started naturally. 34 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 | 186 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 83 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 64 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BOUNDRY (58) |
| 20 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 08-NOLE FIRE-0441 |
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 Sancassa: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handy Phil - Handy Phil Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Pit Number 007 | Calcium | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sancassa in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 dust devil. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Dust Devil | Sancassa | - | Broadcast media relayed picture of dust devil or landspout in Englewood. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grove City | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| New Point Comfort | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Shaefer | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Manasota Key | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Punta Gorda Beach | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Rotonda | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| El Jobean | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Rotunda-West | 5.3 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 Q122550100 | 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 300303. 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.






