Fort Lonely, Florida
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ruskin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33570. It stands on Piney Point Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cockroach Bay quadrangle.
Then and now
1921 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 67 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
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1921 USGS Fort De Soto quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Cockroach Bay quadrangle1:31680
- 1945 USGS Cockroach Bay quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS Cockroach Bay quadrangle1:25000
- 1956 USGS Cockroach Bay quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
33 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Fort Lonely between 1992 and 2020, burning about 341 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 23 acres | Florida Forest Service | BABCOCK |
| 6 July 2002 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 1993 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 1993 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 June 2004 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | VALROY II |
| 24 June 2000 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 June 2014 | Natural | 2.2 acres | Florida Forest Service | GATEWAY BLVD (41) |
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 Fort Lonely: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmetto Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sun City Shell - Sun City Pit | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valroy | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Sun City | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Gulf City | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Ruskin | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| McQueens Village (historical) | 11.3 miles | 18 | |
| Apollo Beach | 11.6 miles | 18 | |
| North Ruskin | 11.6 miles | 18 | |
| Sun City Center | 11.7 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 Q122593291 | 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 300128. 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.










