Sebring Shores, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sebring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33870. The Survey maps it on the Lake Arbuckle SW quadrangle.
Then and now
1952 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 36 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1952 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1952 USGS Lake Arbuckle SW quadrangle1:24000, 4 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 Bartow quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
464 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 464 fires within 5 miles of Sebring Shores between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,404 acres in total. 59 started naturally. 97 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 97 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 66 |
| Natural | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 57 |
| Debris and open burning | 56 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | VALENCIA STREET (28) |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TRAIL TWO (28) |
| 30 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BALBOA BLVD (28) |
| 28 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HUMMINGBIRD (28) |
| 28 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (HI) TROJAN (1502) |
| 28 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HI-LUCAS-1219 |
| 27 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sebring Shores: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha General Services - Alpha Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sebring Shores in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 1 flood, 1 hail. 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 | Hail | Sebring Shores | $500,000 | Multiple golf ball hail reports near Sebring from NWS employee and trained spotters. Damage includes broken windows and punctured siding on homes along with shattered car windshields. |
| August 2008 | Flood | Sebring Shores | $220,000 | Widespread heavy rains of 5-12 inches associated with Tropical Storm Fay caused $150,000 in flood damage to washed out roads and culverts. Five homes along Arbuckle Creek received flood damage totaling $70,000. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakemont | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Sebring | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Avon Park | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Alpine | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| De Soto City | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Highland Lakes | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Avon Park Lakes | 7.7 miles | 16 | |
| Kuhlman | 9.9 miles | 14 |
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 Q122559898 | 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 300945. 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.





