BlockFrom the record
One of 50 National Register listings published here for Monroe County · listed in 2006 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Chaves Shipwreck Site
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 3 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1971.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. seaward end of Snake Creek off Windley Key, Islamorada
- When was it listed? June 2006
- Category. site
- Also known as. 1733 Spanish Plate Fleet Shipwrecks MPS
- Census division. Upper Keys
- National Register reference number. 06000493 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1971 to 1989The ground this property stands on, surveyed 18 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Storms near this property
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Islamorada, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2001: 3 waterspout, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Lightning | Islamorada | 1 hurt | Female injured by lightning during a thunderstorm. She was touching a stainless steel counter of the restaurant she worked at when she was struck. She worked at the Islamorada Fish Company. |
| November 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Islamorada | $100,000 | A tornado moved ashore from the Straits of Florida into the middle Keys near mile marker 80. It travelled in a northeast direction crossing to the west side of U.S. 1. Damage occurred to the roof of a motel and to trees, fences and power lines. |
| April 2001 | Waterspout | Islamorada | - | Waterspout observed 1/4 mile North of Islamorada |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Islamorada | - | 16-foot boat capsized; two fisherman rescued by coastguard; no injuries reported. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Islamorada | - | Minor roof damage to a convienience store. A flagpole was removed from ground. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Islamorada | - | Billboard flattened, power and telephone lines knocked down. Molasses Reef C-MAN station, about 5 miles offshore of Key Largo, measured a 42 knot wind gust at 7:59 pm EDT and a 52 knot gust at 8:59 pm EDT. |
| August 2000 | Waterspout | Islamorada | - | Waterspout observed 1 mile south of Islamorada |
| September 1999 | Waterspout | Islamorada | - | Waterspout occurred 1 mile north of Snake Creek near Islamorada |
| February 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Islamorada | - | Tornado moved from the south across Islamorada near MM 80. Extensive damage to homes and businesses. Widespread tree and vegetation loss. |
Maps showing this location
3 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1971 USGS Plantation Key quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Islamorada quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Key West quadrangle1:250000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herrara Shipwreck Site | 2.2 miles | 2006 | |
| Tres Puentes Shipwreck Site | 2.9 miles | 2006 | |
| Matecumbe Methodist Church Cemetery | 3.5 miles | 2021 | |
| Matecumbe Methodist Church | 3.6 miles | 2020 | |
 | Florida Keys Memorial | 3.6 miles | 1995 |
| El Rubi Shipwreck Site | 4.3 miles | 2006 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 06000493 in Record Group 79. |
| Monroe County | All 50 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.