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Tuckers Corner, 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 33982. The Survey maps it on the Tuckers Corner quadrangle.

Tuckers Corner 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 Tuckers Corner, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Tuckers Corner, 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

57 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Tuckers Corner between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,883 acres in total. 31 started naturally. None 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
Natural31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Debris and open burning6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
27 September 1993Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 1998Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 July 2017Natural20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTUCKERS TRAM (08)
19 July 2000Railroad operations and maintenance350 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 July 1994Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 July 2007Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service08-BIG BIRD FIRE-0381
10 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

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 Tuckers Corner: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. 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
Coral Rock - Three Lakes MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Vulcan/Ica Distribution Company - Charlotte Rock MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone

Every working recorded in Charlotte County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tuckers Corner in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2024Tornado (EF0)Tuckers Corner$25,000A brief tornado touched down from the same cyclical|supercell that produced the longer-lived Fort Myers tornado. A|debris signature was noted on local radar in the vicinity, and|several trees were uprooted and one structure was damaged while a|camper was overturned. Maximum estimated winds were 85 mph.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindTuckers Corner$5,000Charlotte County Emergency Management reported that an aluminum canopy was ripped off the back of a home along State Road 31 in Punta Gorda by thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2024Funnel CloudTuckers Corner-Broadcast media relayed a report along with a picture of a funnel cloud near Tuckers Corner.

Every storm 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
Babcock Ranch2.4 miles12
Bermont6.1 miles12
Gilchrist9.1 miles12
Sparkman10.6 miles13
South Punta Gorda Heights12.3 miles12
Tropical Gulf Acres12.3 miles12
Blue Heron Pines12.5 miles13
Riviera Lagoons13.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295677. 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.