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.
Then and now
1953 to 1988The 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.


Compare 1953 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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 Childs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Arcadia quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
278 since 1992Regional 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 maintenance | 64 |
| Debris and open burning | 54 |
| Natural | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 2000 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Natural | 2.8 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 1285-HI CO-FIRE-HWY 70W |
| 19 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MYER ROAD (28) |
| 19 September 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SUNBURST (28) |
| 8 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | VENUS ISLAND (28) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Archbold | $25,000 | Tornado 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Archbold | $10,000 | The 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 2006 | Heavy Rain | Archbold | - | 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 2005 | Heavy Rain | Archbold | - | Archbold reported 6.28" of rain during Hurricane Wilma. |
| November 2002 | Flood | Archbold | - | 4.38 inches of rain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childs | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hicoria | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Bairs Den | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bear Hollow | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Placid Lakes | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Parker Island | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Placid | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Venus | 7.9 miles | 13 |
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.





