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Photograph of Koreshan State Historic Site
Photograph by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Koreshan Unity Settlement Historic District

Built in 1961. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1956.

From the record

“The Koreshan State Park is a state park in Estero, Florida located on U.S. It was also added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 4, 1976, under the designation of Koreshan Unity Settlement Historic District.”

Wikipedia article Koreshan State Historic Site, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 50 National Register listings published here for Lee County · listed in 1976 · category: District · built in 1961.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. U.S. 41 at Estero River, Estero, 33928
  • When was it listed? May 1976
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Bonita Springs
  • When was it built? 1961
  • National Register reference number. 76000599 - 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.

Fires near this property

167 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Koreshan Unity Settlement Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,086 acres in total. 62 started naturally. 15 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
Natural62
Railroad operations and maintenance33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism15
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 1996Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2007Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Service36/CROSS ROAD FIRE
15 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service11/ TECO ARENA FIRE
9 August 1994Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2012Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCORRECTION (36)
4 August 2011Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBAY PRESERVE (36)

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Koreshan Unity Settlement Historic District: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Estero QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fl Rock Ind.,Inc.(Ft. Myers Plant)Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Stephens Const. Mat. ContractorsLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Lee County

Storms near this property

15 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Estero, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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
August 2008FloodEstero$500,000Heavy rains of 6-14 inches associated with Tropical Storm Fay caused extensive sheet flow flooding from the Imperial River that runs through Bonita Springs. Flood damage was reported to numerous roads and homes with 500 residents evacuated to shelters. The preliminary damage estimates included $250,000 to roads and $250,000 to homes.
January 2000Tornado (F1)Estero$500,000A tornado (F1) touched down approximately one mile southwest of Corkscrew road on Lazy D Farms road where it downed a few trees, caused minor damage to a weathered mobile home, slightly damaged two vehicles and killed two cows. The tornado continued northeast where it caused minor damage to three planes and a recreational vehicle in a hanger on Corkscrew Trace road.The tornado crossed Corkscrew road and caused moderate damage to a 3000 gallon water tank on the north side of the road. The water tank was moved nearly a thousand yards by the tornadic wind. The tornado proceeded northeast and caused minor to moderate damage to a couple of pole barns and destroyed a storage shed along Katydid Lane.The tornado caused minor to moderate damage to a few weathered mobile homes, pole barns and sheds along Wildcat road before it lifted and dissipated.A total of eight homes, four pole barns, four storage sheds, several cars, an airplane hanger and several trees, were damaged by the F1 tornado.
June 2001HailEstero$50,000A Skywarn Spotter reported that golf ball sized hail broke a few windshields and damaged the paint of a few vehicles near the intersection of U.S. Highway 41 and Corkscrew Road one mile south of Estero.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindEstero$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees, numerous branches and several power lines in Estero leaving nearly 1,500 residents without power for several hours.
April 2017Dust DevilEstero$30,000Emergency management and broadcast media reported damage to a carport and the roof of a mobile home in Tahiti Village. A witness reported a mini tornado without a cloud in the sky at around 1:45 PM EDT. Skies were clear at the time.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindEstero$10,000Lee County Emergency Management reported that a neighborhood clubhouse sustained roof damage, and two surrounding manufactured homes had skirting material pulled away. Surrounding trees and houses were undamaged. Residents reported seeing a narrow funnel descend and produce the damage, which combined with damage pictures and radar data are fitting with a gustnado.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindEstero$5,000Broadcast media shared a video of a tree that fell through a screened pool enclosure in San Carlos Park.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindEstero$5,000A Skywarn Spotter reported that thunderstorm winds downed several tree tops and large branches near the intersection of U.S. Highway 41 and Corkscrew Road.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindEstero$1,000A picture was received via social media of an uprooted tree on Three Oaks Parkway, about a quarter mile north of Estero Parkway. Time was estimated via radar.
May 2022Funnel CloudEstero-Broadcast media relayed video of funnel cloud briefly becoming a waterspout after touching down over a small lake near Estero.
August 2012HailEstero-A SKYWARN spotter reported penny sized hail and heavy rain near Bonita Springs.
July 2008Heavy RainEstero-Law enforcement reported street flooding at the intersection of Corkscrew Road and 3 Oaks Parkway in San Carlos Park.
June 2008HailEstero-Nickel sized hail was reported near Interstate 75 and Corkscrew Road.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindEstero-A trained storm spotter reported large hail and damaging wind near the intersection of U.S. Highway 41 and Corkscrew Road.
July 2003HailEstero-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lee County

Maps showing this location

6 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

3 within 8 miles

Other 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Mound House7.2 miles2019
Bonita Springs School7.3 miles1999
Fort Myers Beach School7.9 miles1999

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 76000599 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lee CountyAll 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.
  • 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.