Fort King Acres, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Zephyrhills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33541. The Survey maps it on the Dade City quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 23 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
7 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.
- 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
- 1960 USGS Dade City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Fort King Acres between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,006 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 1993 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 2000 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 2007 | Natural | 19 acres | Florida Forest Service | 51/MORRIS BRIDGE FIRE/0852 |
| 13 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 2006 | Natural | 6.2 acres | Florida Forest Service | 51/PASCO FIRE/0639 |
| 16 June 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 51/DISTANT FIRE/0681 |
| 14 June 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fort King Acres: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Peat. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaza Materials - Plaza Materials Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Steams Peat - Steams Pit | Peat | Producer | Peat | |
| Polk County Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Z Rock Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cunningham Estates | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Orange Grove Villas | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Zephyrhills | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Pasadena Hills | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Vitis | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Richland | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Lumberton | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Pasadena Shores | 3.7 miles | 14 |
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 Q122588864 | 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 282688. 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.






