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.
Then and now
1956 to 1987The 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.


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
Cypress Lodgelisted 2008
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 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
- 1971 USGS Port Mayaca quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2019 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | REUNION (43) |
| 24 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 1996 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 1999 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 1998 | Natural | 70 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 1995 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Pit #134 | Calcium | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port 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 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Port 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 1998 | Hail | Port Mayaca | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Port Mayaca | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bessemer | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Indiantown | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Zana | 9.2 miles | 16 | |
| Marcy | 11.0 miles | 15 | |
| Bluefield | 14.8 miles | 15 | |
| Arundel | 17.8 miles | 17 | |
| Tropical Park | 19.1 miles | 17 | |
| Queens Park | 19.4 miles | 17 |
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.






