Ankona, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Port St. Lucie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34982. It stands on Big Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ankona quadrangle.
Then and now
1948 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1948 USGS Ankona quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Ankona quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Ankona between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,067 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 4 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 | 28 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2014 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | EASY STREET (56) |
| 3 September 1996 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MELVILLE (56) |
| 7 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2004 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 1126-SL-FIRE |
| 18 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | KITTERMAN (56) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ankona: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Blackburn Trucking - Morlan Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Morgan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| South Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ankona in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ankona | - | Weatherflow station XSTL measured a wind gust of 69 knots from the north-northwest. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ankona | - | A Weatherflow site at the Saint Lucie Nuclear Power Plant (XSTL) measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph. A second gust of 58 mph was measured at 1348LST. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ankona | - | Weatherflow site XSTL near the Saint Lucie Nuclear Power Plant measured a peak wind gust of 62 mph from the southeast. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ankona | - | A thunderstorm wind gust to 58 mph was recorded by the St. Lucie County mesonet. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eldred | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| Indian River Estates | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Walton | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Collins Park Estates | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| White City | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| River Park | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Eden | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Port Saint Lucie | 5.1 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122558287 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 307874. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.







