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Auburndale, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Winter Haven-Auburndale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33823. The Survey maps it on the Auburndale quadrangle. 15,616 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 164 feet above sea level.

Auburndale within Polk County

Then and now

1944 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Auburndale, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Auburndale, surveyed 1944

Compare 1944 against another survey:

On record in Auburndale

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 4 records

Population over time

3 figures

Auburndale grew from 11,032 to 15,616 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
200011,032
201013,507+2,475 (+22%)
202015,616+2,109 (+16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Auburndale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 782 acres in total. 6 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
Railroad operations and maintenance49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

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
8 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceKVILLE (53)
7 August 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 2004Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Service820
5 July 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Auburndale: 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Macasphalt - AuburndaleClayProducerClay
Saddle Creek - EbersbachPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, UraniumPast Producer1968
Saddle Creek-Ebersbach MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, MagnesitePast Producer1968, 1985
Saddle Creek (The Williams Co.)Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect1968, 1983

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

30 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Auburndale in 30 storm reports between 1993 and 2015: 11 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 6 tornado, 1 waterspout. 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
August 1999LightningAuburndale$75,000Lightning struck and burned to the ground a home on the 700 block of Sunset Street in Auburndale.
March 1993Thunderstorm WindAuburndale$50,000Strong winds knocked a mobile home off its foundation.
August 2009Tornado (EF0)Auburndale$35,000A EF-0 tornado briefly touched down in the Diamond Ridge neighboorhood of Auburndale. Several trees were snapped or uprooted, and there was damage to fences, sheds, well-anchored playground equipment, and a screen porch was destroyed also causing minor roof damage where it was attached to the home.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindAuburndale$25,000A local utility reported that thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees, several large branches and a few power lines from Auburndale to Winter Haven over northern Polk county.
June 1997Tornado (F0)Auburndale$20,000A weak short-lived tornado touched down and caused minor roof damage to a few homes, carports, porches and downed a couple of trees and power lines, in the Sun Acres area near County Road 542 and Thornhill Road.
February 2004Tornado (F0)Auburndale$10,000Polk County Emergency Management completed a storm survey and found shingles stripped off a brick home and four mobile homes with minor damage, including damage to skirting, awnings, and attached shed. An eyewitness watch a thin tornado move through the area. The wind speed of the tornado was estimated at 70 mph.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindAuburndale$10,000Thunderstorm winds removed and severely damaged two carports at State Road 542 and Ellie Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAuburndale$5,000Polk County Department of Emergency Management reported that a roof was completely blown off a mobile home on Jana Circle, and then was blown down the street, hitting a fence and power pole. Additionally, a power pole was blown down onto a house on Pine Street just south of downtown.
September 1994Tornado (F0)Auburndale$5,000A tornado blew out 75 panes of glass in a vacant building and uprooted a large oak tree.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindAuburndale$3,000Thunderstorm winds, estimated at 45 to 50 mph, downed two rotted trees, which caused minor damage to a mobile home in Auburndale.
June 1997Tornado (F0)Auburndale$3,000A weak short-lived tornado touched down on the 1900 block of Ariana Boulevard and downed a few large trees and power lines before it lifted and dissipated.
March 2010Tornado (EF0)Auburndale$2,000A tornado touched down between Lake Ariana and Lake Mariana downing numerous power lines.
March 2010Thunderstorm WindAuburndale$2,000Power lines were downed near Lake Ariana and Lake Mariana.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindAuburndale$1,000A large oak tree with a shallow root system was uprooted.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindAuburndale$1,000Thunderstorm wind gusts of up to 50 mph caused minor damage to a lanai in Auburndale.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindAuburndale$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few large branches in Auburndale.
August 2011Heavy RainAuburndale$500Four to seven inches of rain fell across central Polk County forcing numerous road closures due to flooding and moving flood waters across Lake Wales, Auburndale, and Winter Haven. One structure had a couple of inches of flood waters on the ground level.
July 2015HailAuburndale-A local TV station sent in a picture of dime size hail that was falling in Auburndale.
July 2015HailAuburndale-A local TV station relayed pictures of quarter size hail from the Auburndale area.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindAuburndale-A trained spotter reported snapped off telephone poles near Auburndale.
July 2007HailAuburndale-One inch hail was reported by Emergency Management.
June 2001HailAuburndale-The Auburndale police department reported dime sized hail Lake Ariana and Deen Boulevard in Auburndale.
August 2000HailAuburndale-The Auburndale Police Department reported dime sized hail in Auburndale.
April 1999HailAuburndale-Quarter sized hail was reported by the public in Auburndale through WTSP-TV.
June 1997WaterspoutAuburndale-A waterspout was observed on Lake Ariana near the Ariana Shores mobile home park.
May 1997HailAuburndale-A Skywarn Spotter reported golfball sized hail on Old Polk City Road.
July 2006HailAuburndale-no account filed
May 2005HailAuburndale-no account filed
November 2002Thunderstorm WindAuburndale-no account filed
May 1998HailAuburndale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Inwood2.3 miles13
Lynchburg2.4 miles13
Jones Corner2.6 miles13
Fussells Corner3.3 miles13
Kossuthville3.4 miles13
Jan-Phyl Village3.6 miles13
Fussels Corner3.9 miles13
Lake Alfred3.9 miles12

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.

Wikipedia article on AuburndaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q589279The 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 277991. 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.