Venus, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Lake Placid census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33960. The Survey maps it on the Venus quadrangle. It stands 108 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1956 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 32 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Venus
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Archbold Biological Station at Red Hilllisted 2007
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Venus quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Arcadia quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
187 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Venus between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,231 acres in total. 62 started naturally. 3 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 | 62 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1993 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2016 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HENRY ROAD (28) |
| 19 September 2016 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PLATT (22) |
| 19 September 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SUNBURST (28) |
| 15 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (GL) THE SMOKE FIRE (1180) |
| 12 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | RIMES (28) |
| 8 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | VENUS ISLAND (28) |
| 6 August 2017 | Natural | 39 acres | Florida Forest Service | WOLF BAY (22) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Venus in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 2 tornado, 1 dust devil, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Venus | 1 killed, $15,000 | A 32-year-old woman in Venus died from injuries after a tornado threw her 200 feet away from her home. She was found cradling her 3-year-old daughter in her arms who survived. |
| October 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Venus | $100,000 | Tornado damage was first observed near the intersection of County|Rd 731 and Alphonso Lane, where several hardwood oaks had large|branches snapped along with a home with roof and garage damage.|The track continued north along Alphonso Lane producing roof|damage to an additional home and shed, while snapping several|pine trees and uprooting a few palm trees. A small storage|structure was destroyed and multiple long trailers, a large|pickup truck and horse trailer were overturned at one residence,|while another had a speedboat knocked into it after being blown|off its trailer. Another residence had a RV moved about 100 yards|from a carport, with an ATV at the location flipped. The damage|path continued north for another quarter-mile, snapping two large|oak trees near the trunk before becoming difficult to discern|thereafter, with the tornado estimated to have dissipated. Maximum estimated winds were 105 mph. |
| September 2000 | Flash Flood | Venus | $20,000 | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Dust Devil | Venus | $12,000 | A dust-devil caused minor damage to plants and tarps of a nursery along Old State Road 8 in Venus. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hicoria | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Archbold | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bairs Den | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Childs | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bear Hollow | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| Placid Lakes | 12.3 miles | 13 | |
| Parker Island | 12.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Placid | 15.6 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 Venus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1021055 | 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 294958. 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.
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.





