BlockFrom the record
One of 50 National Register listings published here for Lee County · listed in 1991 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Larsen Fish Cabin at Captiva Rocks
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1956.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. W of Little Wood Key, Pine Island Sound, Bokeelia, 33922
- When was it listed? April 1991
- Category. building
- Also known as. Fish Cabins of Charlotte Harbor MPS
- Census division. Pine Island
- National Register reference number. 91000404 - 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
1956 to 1994The ground this property stands on, surveyed 38 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Larsen Fish Cabin at Captiva Rocks between 1992 and 2016, burning about 266 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 July 1994 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 July 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 June 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 36/THE BAY POINT FIRE |
| 4 June 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 June 2004 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2004-17-0357 |
| 15 June 2011 | Natural | 76 acres | Florida Forest Service | CROW'S NEST (36) |
Storms near this property
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bokeelia, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2020: 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bokeelia | $15,000 | Local law enforcement reported several power poles and lines down along Tropical Lane in Bokeelia. |
| December 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bokeelia | $10,000 | Reports received via social media of overturned trailer causing damage to a home and vehicle on NW 32nd Ln in Cape Coral. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Bokeelia | - | A trained spotter near Burnt Store Marina reported penny size hail. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Bokeelia | - | A waterspout came onshore in an undeveloped area east of Bokeelia and dissipated. |
| August 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Bokeelia | - | A mariner reported that a waterspout over Charlotte Harbor moved onshore as an F0 tornado and quickly dissipated near Bokeelia on northern Pine Island. |
Maps showing this location
8 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.
- 1956 USGS Charlotte Harbor quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bokeelia 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
- 1994 USGS Bokeelia quadrangle1:24000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Fish Cabin at Captiva Rocks | under 500 feet | 1991 | |
| Hendrickson Fish Cabin at Captiva Rocks | under 500 feet | 1991 | |
| Punta Gorda Fish Company Cabin | under 500 feet | 2003 | |
| Leneer Fish Cabin at Captiva Rocks | 0.2 miles | 1991 | |
| Whidden Fish Cabin at Captiva Rocks | 0.2 miles | 1991 | |
| Ice House at Captiva Rocks | 0.4 miles | 1991 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91000404 in Record Group 79. |
| Lee 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.
- 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.