Keysville, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wimauma-Riverview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33547. It stands on West Branch South Prong Alafia River. The Survey maps it on the Keysville quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 33 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 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.
- 1955 USGS Keysville quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
143 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Keysville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,603 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | DREAM OAK (53) |
| 30 August 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 29 FIFTY CENT FIRE |
| 12 August 1993 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 1998 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 July 2011 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | NICHOL PINES (53) |
| 18 July 2020 | Natural | 75 acres | Florida Forest Service | NEW WALES PLANT (53) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Keysville: 4 plants, 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agglite Debris | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1935 | |
| Lithia-Boyette | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Hopewell Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium | Producer | 1985 | |
| Nichols Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium | Past Producer | 1915, 1970 | |
| Hillsborough Mines | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Imc Agrico - Hopewell | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | Collophane | |
| Imc Agrico - New Wales | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | Collophane | |
| New Wales Imc | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | ||
| New Wales Phosphoric Acid Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown | ||
| Nichols Imc-Agrico | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant |
Storms near this place
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keysville in 1 storm report in 1993: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keysville | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edison | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Welcome | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Aldermans Ford | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Pinecrest | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hopewell | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lithia | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bealsville | 5.3 miles | 12 |
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 Keysville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6398527 | 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 285093. 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.






