Port Everglades Junction, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Hollywood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33312. It stands on Osceola Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Lauderdale South quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1949 against another survey:
On record in Port Everglades Junction
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Link Trainer Buildinglisted 1998 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1949 USGS Fort Lauderdale South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fort Lauderdale South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Lauderdale quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Lauderdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Fort Lauderdale South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Port Everglades Junction between 2002 and 2015, burning about 31 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2 PILE FIRE |
| 25 May 2015 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MEMORIAL (6) |
| 27 April 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | MCCALL FIRE |
| 11 February 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 900 |
| 18 December 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | THE DAVIE PILE FIRE |
| 23 November 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | DUMP ( 06) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Port Everglades Junction: 10 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Peat, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dania Pit | Peat, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Powerline Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| State Road Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Pegram Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sterling Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Arvida Lakes | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bates Project | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Big Cypress Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Deem Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ferncrest Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Park | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Riverland | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Chula Vista Isles | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Ravenswood Estates | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Hacienda Village | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Playland Isles | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Dania Beach | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Oak Point | 2.4 miles | 16 |
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 Q122558083 | 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 295555. 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.








