Fort Pierce, Florida Fort Pierce City of Fort Pierce Fort Pierce Inlet Fort Pierce Florida photo D Ramey L Lucie County and the state of Florida Lucie County and the state of Florida Fort Pierce is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of St.
Lucie County, Florida, United States. It is also known as the Sunrise City, sister to San Francisco, California, the Sunset City.
Enumeration Bureau was 42,645. It is titled after the army installation of Fort Pierce assembled in the region in 1838 amid the Second Seminole War.
Fort Pierce was awarded the 2005 City of Excellence Award by the Florida League of Cities for overall excellence in town/city government and in 2011, Main Street Fort Pierce, Inc.
6.1 Fort Pierce Harbor Fort Pierce is positioned at 27 26 20 N 80 20 8 W (27.438817, -80.335471). Army Corps of Engineers, The Fort Pierce Beach Shore Protection universal includes 1.3 miles of shore line running from immediately south of the Fort Pierce Inlet southward to Surfside Park.
The universal is on a two-year renourishment cycle due to impacts to the beach from the federal navigation universal at Fort Pierce Inlet.
Sand for the universal is dredged from an allowed offshore borrow region known as the Capron Shoal and then pumped via a pipeline onto the 1.3 miles of beach south of the Fort Pierce Inlet.
Lucie County, is preparing a General Reevaluation Report (GRR) for the universal at their own cost that will evaluate extending Federal participation for an additional 50 years.
The Experimental Oculina Research Reserve preserves the Oculina Banks, a reef of ivory bush coral (Oculina varicosa) off the coast of Fort Pierce, Florida.
Due to the devastation caused at the Fort Pierce City Marina by hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in 2004, FEMA mandated a plan to ensure that the rebuilt facility would be protected from future such affairs before FEMA would release funding for the repairs.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.9% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 20 to 24, 13.3% from 25 to 34, 13.0% from 45 to 54, 9.8% from 55 to 64 and 6.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.2 years.
See also: List of mayors of Fort Pierce, Florida The town/city of Fort Pierce has a mayor-council form of small-town government.
Climate data for Fort Pierce (1981-2010) Fort Pierce is positioned on U.S.
Fort Pierce is served by the St.
Lucie Transportation Planning Organization (TPO). The TPO is a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), a federally mandated and federally funded transit policy-making organization responsible for transit planning, programming, and financing of State and Federal transit funds for the City of Fort Pierce.
Lucie County School Board, and delegates from Community Transit, a division of The Council on Aging of St.
On June 3, 2002, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) allowed funding, expanding the bus service to Martin County, and it became the Treasure Coast Connector. Amtrak and the Florida East Coast Railway have been planning to make stations along Florida's East Coast.
The metros/cities talked about[by whom?] include: Stuart, Fort Pierce, Vero Beach, Melbourne, Titusville, Cocoa, Daytona Beach and St.
Fort Pierce Harbor Army Corps of Engineers, an average of 350,000 tons of waterborne commerce moves through Fort Pierce Harbor annually.
The last navigation improvements at Fort Pierce were authorized by the U.S.
The existing entrance channel is 400 feet wide and 30 feet deep, the interior channel is 250 feet wide and 28 feet deep, the existing turning watershed is 1,100 feet square and 28 feet deep, and the north access channel is positioned immediately north of the chief turning watershed is 1,250 feet long, 250 feet wide and 28 feet deep. In late 2014 dredging accomplishments were instead of in Fort Pierce Harbor.
Public high schools in the town/city include Fort Pierce Central High School, Fort Pierce Westwood High School and Lincoln Park Academy.
Private schools include John Carroll Catholic High School and Faith Baptist School (Treasure Coast Baptist Academy) Private middle schools inside town/city limits include Saint Andrew's Academy and Saint Anastasia Middle School.
Indian River State College is also positioned in Fort Pierce.
Old Fort Pierce City Hall Navy UDT-SEAL Museum (Fort Pierce was the initial home of the United States Navy SEALs) "American Fact - Finder".
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"Things to Do in Fort Pierce, Florida".
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"US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990".
"U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers -- Congressional Fact Sheet -- Fort Pierce Beach FL, Shore Protection Project" (PDF).
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/1224300.
Data Access and Dissemination Systems (DADS).
"NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data".
Rand Mc - Nally Road Atlas, 2016.
"Transportation Planning Organization - Homepage".
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"Treasure Coast Connector: Services".
"U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers -- Congressional Fact Sheet -- Fort Pierce Harbor" (PDF).
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"Main Street Fort Pierce".
"Fort Pierce Tourist Attractions".
"Manatee Observation and Education Center".
"Smithsonian Marine Ecosystems Exhibit: Smithsonian Marine Station (SMS) at Fort Pierce".
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"St Lucie County Florida Online || Regional History Center".
"Edwin Binney" Retrieved on 2009-03-12 "Yamon Figurs".
Bidney, Beverly (31 December 2014).
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"Wonder Monds".
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