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One of 50 National Register listings published here for Lee County · listed in 1999 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Alva Consolidated Schools
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1956.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 21291 N. River Rd., Alva, 33920
- When was it listed? June 1999
- Category. building
- Also known as. Lee County MPS
- Census division. Fort Myers Shores
- Architectural style. Mission Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 99000695 - 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
286 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of Alva Consolidated Schools between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,955 acres in total. 67 started naturally. 29 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 | 67 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | IRVING (36) |
| 8 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LOFT (26) |
| 31 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-17-1102 |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Alva Consolidated Schools: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fugate Constr. - Number One Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Alva Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fugate Mine No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Labelle Limerock Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pit 12-026 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alva, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 4 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Alva | $100,000 | Six mobile homes were damaged or destroyed near Alva along Basil, Dill, Cork, and Elder Streets. The mobile homes suffered porch damage, broken screens, roof damage, and a carport was destroyed. Emergency Management found a narrow path of damage, and time is estimated off of radar. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Alva | - | Broadcast media relayed public video of hailstones approximately 1 inch in diameter falling at residence near 15th Street and Joel Boulevard. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Alva | - | Golfball sized hail was reported by the public, through WINK-TV of Ft. Myers, in Alva. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Alva | - | Golfball sized hail was reported by the public through Ft Myers television station WZVN. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Alva | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
7 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 West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alva quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olga School | 6.4 miles | 1995 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 99000695 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| 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.
- 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.