Port Sewall, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Stuart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34996. It stands on Saint Lucie River. The Survey maps it on the Saint Lucie Inlet quadrangle.
Then and now
1948 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 40 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
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1948 USGS St Lucie Inlet quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS St. Lucie Inlet quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS St. Lucie Inlet quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Port Sewall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 390 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2015 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | INDIAN STREET BRIDGE (43) |
| 7 August 2010 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (MA) STUCK IN THE MUD (452) |
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PRINCEWOOD (43) |
| 21 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PINE (43) |
| 17 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SEACOAST (43) |
| 1 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 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 Sewall: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jensen Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Port Sewall in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Sewall | - | A trained spotter reported numerous downed branches that were 4 to 5 inches in diameter near Sewall's Point. Local broadcast media also reported a very large tree was knocked over on a property near Southeast Saint Lucie Boulevard in Stuart. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sewall's Point | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Seminole Shores | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Snug Harbor | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Golden Gate | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Port Salerno | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Coral Gardens | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Stuart | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Rio | 3.5 miles | 16 |
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 Q122564852 | 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 299047. 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.








