Tarpon Point, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Englewood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34293. It stands on Big Slough. The Survey maps it on the Myakka River quadrangle.
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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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 Myakka River quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Myakka River quadrangle1:24000
- 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 Myakka River quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Sarasota quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
566 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 566 fires within 5 miles of Tarpon Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,128 acres in total. 215 started naturally. 35 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 | 215 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 124 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 94 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 2001 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 58-QUICK RIDGE FIRE-0423 |
| 16 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 08-NOLE FIRE-0441 |
| 16 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MORTON AVE. (08) -0553 |
| 15 September 2007 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 58-SOUTH RIVER RD FIRE-0495 |
| 12 September 1993 | Natural | 225 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Port | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Warm Mineral Springs | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Englewood | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Venice East | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Plantation | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Woodmere | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Manasota | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Venice Groves | 7.1 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 Q122567739 | 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 292046. 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.








