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Archbold, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Lake Placid census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33960. The Survey maps it on the Childs quadrangle.

Archbold within Highlands County

Then and now

1953 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 35 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Archbold, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Archbold, surveyed 1953

Compare 1953 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

278 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Archbold between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,100 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 20 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
Railroad operations and maintenance64
Debris and open burning54
Natural47
Equipment and vehicle use36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism20
Recreation and ceremony13
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
3 September 2000Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 1993Natural2.8 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 1996Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2003Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service1285-HI CO-FIRE-HWY 70W
19 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMYER ROAD (28)
19 September 2011Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSUNBURST (28)
8 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceVENUS ISLAND (28)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Highlands County

Storms near this place

5 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Archbold in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 2 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2024Tornado (EF1)Archbold$25,000Tornado is from the same cell that moved over Venus, but no known|damage indicators between the points to indicate a continuous|path. Half of the roof was torn off of the Archbold COOP Station|building, with some minor damage to the roof of a nearby|building. Trees and open fields surround the property, with the|start of the track estimated, and the rotation weakening on radar|shortly thereafter before reaching Lake Annie and SR 70 to the|north. Maximum estimated winds were 105 mph.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindArchbold$10,000The Archbald Biological Station personnel reported that thunderstorm winds downed several trees and billboard signs along U.S. Highway 27, seven miles south of Lake Placid. Thunderstorm winds damaged a few roofs and downed several large pine and a few palm trees in the Highlands Park Estates and Paradise Mobile Home Park in Sebring.
August 2006Heavy RainArchbold-The center of Tropical Storm Ernesto moved north across the southeast half of Florida during the day. The west side of the eye wall produced 4 to 6 inches of rain from the southwest to the northeast part of the county. Sustained winds and wind gusts remained below tropical storm force in Highlands County.
October 2005Heavy RainArchbold-Archbold reported 6.28" of rain during Hurricane Wilma.
November 2002FloodArchbold-4.38 inches of rain.

Every storm recorded in Highlands 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
Childs2.0 miles13
Hicoria2.1 miles13
Bairs Den2.2 miles13
Bear Hollow3.9 miles13
Placid Lakes5.1 miles13
Parker Island5.2 miles13
Lake Placid7.7 miles14
Venus7.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295095. 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.