Sarasota Colony, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Northeast Glades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34974. The Survey maps it on the Brighton SE quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 35 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 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.
- 1953 USGS Brighton SE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Arcadia quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Sarasota Colony between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,974 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Seminole Tribe | TIRE |
| 21 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | POPE (22) |
| 15 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 acres | Florida Forest Service | (GL) LOCK AREA (1442) |
| 31 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Florida Forest Service | BIG BEAR FIRE |
| 14 August 2012 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | BIG BEAR (22) |
| 11 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,200 acres | Florida Forest Service | (GL) WHISKEY JOE (1302) |
| 1 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BULL (22) |
| 8 July 2015 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Seminole Tribe | FIRE CRACKER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeport | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Monkey Box | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Fort Centre | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Mayaimi (historical) | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Washington Park | 11.5 miles | 11 | |
| Moore Haven | 12.1 miles | 11 | |
| Buckhead Ridge | 12.1 miles | 14 | |
| Benbow | 13.1 miles | 11 |
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 Q122592188 | 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 290679. 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.





