Port Lonesome, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Zephyrhills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33525. The Survey maps it on the Branchborough quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 23 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 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.
- 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
- 1960 USGS Branchborough quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Port Lonesome between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,981 acres in total. 20 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 | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 2010 | Natural | 175 acres | Florida Forest Service | 53 PHILMAN LAKE COMMAND |
| 17 July 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 2006 | Natural | 6.2 acres | Florida Forest Service | 51/PASCO FIRE/0639 |
| 4 June 2004 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CATHY COMMAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Port Lonesome: 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Peat, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrel Limerock Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Imc Fertilizer, Inc. - Morrell Limerock Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone | |
| International Minerals and Chem. - Morrell | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Steams Peat - Steams Pit | Peat | Producer | Peat | |
| WRB Enterprizes, Inc. - WRB's Peat Mine | Peat | Unknown | Peat |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Branchborough | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Lumberton | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Blue Lake | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Richland | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Vitis | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Ellerslie | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Orange Grove Villas | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Zephyrhills | 5.5 miles | 15 |
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 Q122593368 | 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 295558. 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.






