Port Leon, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the East Wakulla census division. It stands on Port Leon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Marks quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 34 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1954 USGS St Marks quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS St. Marks quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS St Marks quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS St. Marks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Port Leon between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,506 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 2 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | QUAIL FIRE |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | 1.4 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | HOLDINGPEN |
| 27 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 1993 | Natural | 30 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | MARCIA |
| 12 August 2002 | Natural | 24 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | SAWGRASS |
| 1 August 2019 | Natural | 45 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | PORT LEON FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Port Leon: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peavy and Son, Inc. - Hannon Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Port Leon in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Port Leon | $500,000 | Numerous roads and low lying areas were flooded. Rainfall amounts varied from four to six inches over western portions of the county, to as much as eighteen inches in and around Newport and St Marks. Evacuations were ordered along the St Marks River at St Marks and along the Ochlockonee River in and north of Sopchoppy. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Leon | - | The St Mark's Lighthouse Weatherstem station measured a wind gust of 60 mph. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Leon | - | The St Marks Lighthouse Weatherstem gusted to 63 knots. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Port Leon | - | A brief tornado touched down in Wakulla County in the St. Mark's Wildlife Refuge. The tornado began just west of Lighthouse Road, tracked across Lighthouse Road where it downed a pine tree, and continued southeast. In total, the tornado was on the ground for 2.5 miles. A well defined TDS (Tornadic Debris Signature) was evident on dual-pol radar. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Port Leon | - | Penny size hail was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Marks | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Shell Island | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Plum Orchard | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Wakulla Beach | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| San Marcos (historical) | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Hyde Park | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Newport | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Live Oak Island | 6.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295557. 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.








