Fivay Junction, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Central Pasco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34638. The Survey maps it on the Fivay Junction quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1954 USGS Fivay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Fivay Junction quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
238 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 238 fires within 5 miles of Fivay Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,351 acres in total. 87 started naturally. 46 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 | 87 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1995 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 1995 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 1992 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 51/CIRCLE FIRE-0969 |
| 12 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SUNCOAST FIRE [51] |
| 10 September 2007 | Natural | 17 acres | Florida Forest Service | 51/2 STRIKES FIRE/1071 |
| 8 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 1996 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fivay Junction: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lsb Corporation - Lsb Corporation Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| The Cone Corp. - U.S. 41 Mine | Sand | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Loyce | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Ehren | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Shady Hills | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Drexel | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Dupree Gardens | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| South Masaryktown | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Land O' Lakes | 7.9 miles | 17 |
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 Q122595798 | 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 294768. 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.







