Telegraph Estates, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Fort Myers Shores census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33920. It stands on Telegraph Creek. The Survey maps it on the Olga quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 31 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
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 West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Olga quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
194 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Telegraph Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,626 acres in total. 56 started naturally. 15 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 | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 1992 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-17-1102 |
| 24 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (36) RAIN FIRE |
| 20 August 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ROCKING CHAIR (36) |
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 Telegraph Estates: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fugate Constr. - Number One Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olga | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Fort Myers Shores | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Verandah | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Alva | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Buckingham | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Charleston Park | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Morse Shores | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Bayshore | 7.3 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 Q122562008 | 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 294944. 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.






