South Venice, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Venice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34293. It stands on Alligator Creek. The Survey maps it on the Venice quadrangle. 15,619 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 13 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1944 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresSouth Venice grew from 13,949 to 15,619 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 | 13,949 | |
| 2020 | 15,619 | +1,670 (+12%) |
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.
- 1944 USGS Venice quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Venice quadrangle1:31680
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Venice quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Sarasota quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of South Venice between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,152 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 7 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 | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | I75 MM192 (58) |
| 1 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | BRIDGE ST 2 (58) |
| 21 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BRIDGE ST (58) |
| 21 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 58-BRIDGE FIRE 2-0263 |
| 18 August 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2010 | Natural | 2.7 acres | Florida Forest Service | 58-BRIDGE ST FIRE-0260 |
| 17 August 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of South Venice: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everglades Estates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Everglades Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hanchey Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Laurel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Venice in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Venice | 1 hurt, $10,000 | A 23 year-old man trying to take down a flag suffered several broken bones when he was lifted and thrown 20 to 30 feet over the corner of a restaurants roof as he clung to the tethered line of the flagpole during a thunderstorm downburst.Thunderstorm winds also downed a large tree atop a home which caused roof, lanai and screen porch damage in Sarasota. |
| June 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | South Venice | $10,000 | A National Weather Service survey found a narrow path of damage starting near the coast of Venice and moving northeast towards Highway 41. Damage included a few uprooted trees, including one large oak tree, numerous large branches down, minor roof damage to a couple houses and general light damage to a few car ports, pool cages, and fences. Damage was roughly estimated at $10,000. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Venice | $5,000 | Broadcast media relayed public video from a home webcam of a brief surface circulation of what was most likely a gustnado in the residential community of Ventura Village. Available radar at the time suggested the circulation formed along the leading edge of outflow generated by nearby thunderstorm. Minor tree damage resulted along with damage to a few vehicles caused by airborne debris mainly consisting of loose plastic trash receptacles used for public garbage disposal services. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Venice | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Venice Groves | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Venice Gardens | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Venice East | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Manasota | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Woodmere | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Plantation | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Manasota Beach | 3.0 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.
| Wikipedia article on South Venice | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2422092 | 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 291427. 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.








