Port Inglis, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Cedar Key-Yankeetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34498. It lies near Chambers Island. The Survey maps it on the Withlacoochee Bay OE S quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 24 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
6 surveys from 11 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
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
81 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Port Inglis between 1992 and 2017, burning about 536 acres in total. 66 started naturally. 6 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 | 66 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | LEVY - JIFFY LUBE FIRE |
| 3 August 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LEVY -BLADELESS HORSEMAN FIRE |
| 28 August 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 09/CURTIS FIRE/0590 |
| 2 August 1992 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2009 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 09/BARGE CANAL/0870 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Port Inglis: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf Coast Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Holnam - Crystal River Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Independent Aggregates - Ind. Agg. Quarry | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yankeetown | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Crackertown | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Inglis | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Tidewater | 13.7 miles | 11 | |
| Beetree Ford | 17.3 miles | 11 | |
| Cedar Key | 17.6 miles | 12 | |
| Gulf Hammock | 17.9 miles | 10 | |
| Sumner | 18.9 miles | 11 |
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 Q122565575 | 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 295556. 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.





