South Bradenton, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Bradenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34205. The Survey maps it on the Bradenton quadrangle. 26,858 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 20 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1947 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 47 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1947 against another survey:
Population over time
3 figuresSouth Bradenton grew from 21,587 to 26,858 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 21,587 | |
| 2010 | 22,178 | +591 (+3%) |
| 2020 | 26,858 | +4,680 (+21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1947 USGS Bradenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Bradenton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Sarasota quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Bradenton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of South Bradenton between 1992 and 2016, burning about 145 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2016 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | PINE ISLAND (41) |
| 8 June 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 June 1993 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 June 1992 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 June 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 May 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of South Bradenton: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| P and R Shell Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| P and R Shell Pit No. 2 | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Bradenton Dolomite Quarry | Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Minton Dolomite Quarry | Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Palmetto Dolomite Quarry | Dolomite | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Hammock | 0.3 miles | 14 | |
| West Samoset | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Oneco | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Samoset | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Bradenton | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Bayshore Gardens | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Manatee | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| West Bradenton | 3.2 miles | 17 |
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 South Bradenton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2463902 | 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 1867205. 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.








