Fort Lonesome, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wimauma-Riverview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33547. It stands on Alderman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Lonesome quadrangle. It stands 121 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1956 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 32 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 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Fort Lonesome quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Ft Lonesome quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
76 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Fort Lonesome between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,500 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 9 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 | 21 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2012 | Natural | 575 acres | Florida Forest Service | THATCHER ROAD (29) |
| 17 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | 29 BETHLEHEM |
| 5 August 2005 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | 29 SESAME STREET |
| 3 July 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 4 CORNERS (29) |
| 13 July 1999 | Natural | 150 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 June 2000 | Natural | 600 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 2019 | Natural | 160 acres | Florida Forest Service | FORT LONESOME 2 (29) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Fort Lonesome: 5 producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Water, Free, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Magnesite, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arco-Stanaland Ranch | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Water, Free, Uranium | Producer | ||
| Big Four Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite | Producer | 1910, 1977 | |
| Four Corners Development | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium | Prospect | 1920, 1984 | |
| Hunt Brothers Ranch | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Water, Free, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Magnesite, Iron | Producer | ||
| S. E. Hillsborough | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Farmland Hillsborough Reserve | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | 1930 | |
| First Mississippi Chem. Tract | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Lonesome Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | 1976 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fort Lonesome in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Fort Lonesome | - | A brief tornado moved through an open field near the Mosaic Phosphate Facility near Fort Lonesome. |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Fort Lonesome | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5471541 | 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 294778. 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.







