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Tropical Gulf Acres, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Punta Gorda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33955. The Survey maps it on the Gilchrist quadrangle.

Tropical Gulf Acres within Charlotte County

Then and now

1956 to 1987

The 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 sheet of Tropical Gulf Acres, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Tropical Gulf Acres, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

442 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 442 fires within 5 miles of Tropical Gulf Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,358 acres in total. 167 started naturally. 16 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
Natural167
Missing data/not specified/undetermined67
Equipment and vehicle use61
Misuse of fire by a minor34
Railroad operations and maintenance31
Recreation and ceremony31
Debris and open burning27
Arson/incendiarism16
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2009Fireworks3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service08-ZEMEL RANGE FIRE-0486
3 September 2020Natural30 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSHOTGUN ROAD (08)
3 September 2013Natural2.1 acresFlorida Forest ServiceZEMEL ROAD (08)
28 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePANATELLA TREADMILL 2 (08)
28 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePANATELLA TREADMILL (08)
25 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBEGONIA DR (08)
24 September 2016Natural10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSHOTGUN (08)
23 September 2016Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceZEMEL (08)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charlotte County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tropical Gulf Acres: 2 producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Charlotte County Mining & Materials - Charlotte CountyLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Earthsource - Earthsource's MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Charlotte County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
South Punta Gorda Heights1.6 miles12
Blue Heron Pines2.8 miles13
Riviera Lagoons2.9 miles13
Acline3.2 miles13
Pirate Harbor3.9 miles13
Burnt Store Lakes4.0 miles13
Aqui Esta5.3 miles13
Charlotte Park5.8 miles13

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 Q122548987The 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 292453. 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.