Vizcaya Lakes, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Port Charlotte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33953. It stands on Huckaby Creek. The Survey maps it on the El Jobean quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Vizcaya Lakes
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 within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
El Jobean Post Office and General Storelisted 1999 · 0.7 miles away
El Jobean Hotellisted 1999 · 0.7 miles away
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 Charlotte Harbor quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS El Jobean quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Charlotte Harbor quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
749 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 749 fires within 5 miles of Vizcaya Lakes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,077 acres in total. 180 started naturally. 70 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 235 |
| Natural | 180 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 105 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 77 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 70 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | YORK AVE (08) |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 08-EL JOBEAN PARK FIRE-0452 |
| 28 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 08-TIPPECANOE ONE FIRE-0454 |
| 25 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Jobean | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Murdock | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Sancassa | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Port Charlotte | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Grove City | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| New Point Comfort | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Rotonda | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Shaefer | 7.6 miles | 12 |
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 Q122550339 | 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 2451953. 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.






