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Port Mayaca, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Indiantown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33438. The Survey maps it on the Port Mayaca quadrangle.

Port Mayaca within Martin County

Then and now

1956 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 31 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Port Mayaca, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Port Mayaca, surveyed 1956

On record in Port Mayaca

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Port Mayaca between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,667 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 4 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
Natural36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 August 1994Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 2019Natural10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceREUNION (43)
24 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 1996Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 August 1999Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 August 1998Natural70 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 August 1995Smoking1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Martin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Port Mayaca: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gilbert Pit #134CalciumProducer

Every working recorded in Martin County

Storms near this place

5 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Port Mayaca in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2019Thunderstorm WindPort Mayaca-Officials at the Port Mayaca Lock and Dam reported seeing several large branches on US Highway 441 between Port Mayaca and J and S Fish Camp. Also, the public reported a tree fell and damaged 2 cars at J and S Fish Camp.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindPort Mayaca-A trained spotter estimated winds gusting to 60-65 mph in Port Mayaca as a severe thunderstorm moved onshore from Lake Okeechobee. A delayed public report confirmed numerous trees were downed between Port Mayaca and the Martin/Palm Beach County line. Another report received via social media revealed powerlines down in the same area on the eastern shore of Lake Okeechobee.
July 2009Funnel CloudPort Mayaca-A citizen observed a funnel cloud form and dissipate over rural Martin County, to the west of Indiantown and east of Lake Okeechobee. The funnel lasted several minutes and was photographed.
May 1998HailPort Mayaca-no account filed
June 1998HailPort Mayaca-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Martin County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Bessemer1.5 miles16
Indiantown7.0 miles15
Zana9.2 miles16
Marcy11.0 miles15
Bluefield14.8 miles15
Arundel17.8 miles17
Tropical Park19.1 miles17
Queens Park19.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294590. 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.