Solana, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Punta Gorda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33950. It stands on Broad Creek. The Survey maps it on the Punta Gorda quadrangle. 671 people lived here at the 2020 count.
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.


On record in Solana
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Clarence L. Babcock Houselisted 2009 · 0.2 miles away
Villa Biancalisted 1990 · 0.3 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresSolana fell from 742 to 671 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 742 | |
| 2020 | 671 | -71 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1956 USGS Charlotte Harbor quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Punta Gorda quadrangle1:24000, 5 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
357 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 357 fires within 5 miles of Solana between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,317 acres in total. 74 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 74 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 43 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 08-SABLEWOOD FIRE-0425 |
| 2 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 08-FARNHAM FIRE-0419 |
| 18 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PHEASANT BLVD (08) |
| 7 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Solana: 8 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apac-Florida - Viercocken Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Hendrickson Seashell Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pit 31 | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Rigby Airport Pit | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Route 31 Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Desrosier Brothers - Oakleaf Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Sunland Paving Co. - Sunland Pelican Pit | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| T.A. Forsberg Inc. - Golf Course Bvld. Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Solana in 1 storm report in 2022: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Solana | - | ASOS site KPGD Punta Gorda Airport reported a 58 mph wind gust. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tee and Green Estates | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Punta Gorda | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Harbor View | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Fishermens Village | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Charlotte Harbor | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Cleveland | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Charlotte Park | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Aqui Esta | 3.0 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Solana | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2294996 | 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 291322. 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.






