South Port, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Kissimmee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34759. The Survey maps it on the Saint Cloud South quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 26 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 12 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.
- 1953 USGS St Cloud South quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Cloud South quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Kissimmee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of South Port between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,622 acres in total. 10 started naturally. None was 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 53 ROUGH ISLAND |
| 3 July 2020 | Natural | 65 acres | Florida Forest Service | TWO STRIKE FIRE (49) |
| 26 July 2011 | Natural | 51 acres | Florida Forest Service | TOHO FLATWOODS (O6) |
| 19 July 1999 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 2007 | Natural | 18 acres | Florida Forest Service | REPEAT (06) |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Port in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Port | $10,000 | Public reports indicated roof damage to manufactured homes within the Cypress Cove Nudist Resort in Poinciana. About a mile southwest of Cypress Cove, roofing material lifted off homes, scattered pine trees were downed or leaning significantly and numerous fence panels were scattered about. Some of this debris caused damage to cars. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Port | - | A mesonet at the south end of Lake Tohopekaliga measured a peak wind gust of 63 mph from the north-northeast. |
| June 2013 | Heavy Rain | South Port | - | South Florida Water Management District station S61W (SWOF1) recorded 5.08 of rain during Tropical Storm Andrea. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poinciana | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Poinciana Place | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Cloud | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Ashton | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| Campbell | 10.0 miles | 13 | |
| Kissimmee | 11.0 miles | 13 | |
| Tohopikaliga (historical) | 11.0 miles | 14 | |
| Runnymede | 11.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294931. 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.
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.






