BlockFrom the record
One of 50 National Register listings published here for Monroe County · listed in 2006 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
El Gallo Indiano Shipwreck Site
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 3 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1971.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. seaward end of channel #5 bet. Graig Key and Long Key, Layton
- When was it listed? June 2006
- Category. site
- Also known as. 1733 Spanish Plate Fleet Shipwrecks MPS
- Census division. Middle Keys
- National Register reference number. 06000494 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1971 to 1989The ground this property stands on, surveyed 18 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of El Gallo Indiano Shipwreck Site: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Key Rock Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Upper Keys Marine Constr. - Long Key Pit | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this property
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Layton, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1994 | Tornado | Layton | - | Sheriff's department reported a waterspout moved ashore near Layton on Long Key. The waterspout dissipated near the shore line and caused no casualties or damage. |
Maps showing this location
3 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1971 USGS Long Key quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Islamorada quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Key West quadrangle1:250000
Listed places nearby
3 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Shipwreck Site | 0.8 miles | 2006 | |
| Angustias Shipwreck Site | 6.2 miles | 2006 | |
| SAN PEDRO (shipwreck) | 6.4 miles | 2001 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 06000494 in Record Group 79. |
| Monroe County | All 50 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.