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Avon Park, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Hollywood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33312. The Survey maps it on the Fort Lauderdale South quadrangle.

Avon Park within Broward County

Then and now

1949 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Avon Park, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Avon Park, surveyed 1949

Compare 1949 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Avon Park between 1994 and 2015, burning about 38 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
13 June 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2 PILE FIRE
25 May 2015Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMEMORIAL (6)
18 May 1994Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 April 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 April 2006Equipment and vehicle use15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMCCALL FIRE
15 March 2010Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTARGET FIRE
11 February 2009Recreation and ceremony7.0 acresFlorida Forest Service900
18 December 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE DAVIE PILE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broward County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Avon Park: 10 past producers, 5 producers, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Peat, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Dania PitPeat, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Powerline PitSilicaPast Producer
State Road QuarryStone, DimensionUnknown
Hollywood Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pegram MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sterling Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arvida LakesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bates ProjectStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Big Cypress PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Deem PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Broward 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
Ravenswood Estates0.7 miles16
Port Everglades Junction1.1 miles16
Oak Point1.3 miles16
Playland Isles1.5 miles16
Broward Gardens1.7 miles16
Hacienda Village1.9 miles16
Dania Beach2.0 miles16
Riverland2.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 301163. 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.