Barcola, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Bartow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33830. It stands on Sweetwater Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bradley Junction quadrangle.

Barcola within Polk County

Then and now

1949 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Barcola, surveyed 1988

Topographic sheet of Barcola, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

1949 USGS Bradley Junction quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1950 USGS Bradley Junction quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1978 USGS Bartow quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

223 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of Barcola between 1992 and 2019, burning about 13,451 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 19 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	56
Equipment and vehicle use	42
Railroad operations and maintenance	35
Arson/incendiarism	19
Debris and open burning	18
Recreation and ceremony	18
Natural	16
Power generation/transmission/distribution	13
Smoking	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2

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
8 September 2000	Railroad operations and maintenance	15 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Barcola: 9 producers, 7 plants, 4 past producers, 2 unknowns. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Clear Springs	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer	1950
Land Pebble Phosphate District	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Zirconium, Titanium	Producer	1888, 1890
Silver City	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium	Prospect	1906, 1962, 1983
Silver City Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite	Producer	1963
Unnamed Diatomite Prospect	Diatomite	Occurrence
Clear Springs Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite	Producer	1966
Noralyn/Phosphoria Mines	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite	Producer	Collophane
Oak Ridge Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Wright Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Noralyn/Phosphoria	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium	Past Producer	1920, 1948

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Green Bay	2.1 miles	15
Agricola	3.3 miles	15
Pebbledale	3.3 miles	15
Bonnie	3.3 miles	15
Homeland	3.3 miles	16
Ridgewood	4.3 miles	17
Rolling Hills	4.6 miles	15
Ewell	4.6 miles	17

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.

Wikidata item Q122542330

The 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 301440. 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.