Cacema Town, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Frostproof census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33898. It lies near Long Hammock. The Survey maps it on the Lake Marian SW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cacema Town within Polk 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 Cacema Town (historical), surveyed 1988

Topographic sheet of Cacema Town (historical), surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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.

1953 USGS Lake Marian SW 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 Bartow quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Cacema Town (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,043 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 13 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	13
Arson/incendiarism	13
Natural	12
Debris and open burning	6
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	6

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
18 August 2018	Natural	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	CONFUSION CORNER #1
18 August 2018	Natural	4.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	CONFUSION CORNER # 2
1 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Florida Forest Service	GRAPEVINE (53)
30 July 2000	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 July 2012	Natural	80 acres	Florida Forest Service	LITTLE CREEK (53)
23 July 2006	Natural	2.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	53 MAVERICK
19 July 2007	Natural	20 acres	Florida Forest Service	53 FLINT COMMAND
18 July 2007	Natural	80 acres	Florida Forest Service	53 SHINER RANCH FIRE

Every fire 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
Indian Lake Estates	10.0 miles	15
Fedhaven	12.9 miles	15
Nalcrest	13.5 miles	15
Hesperides	15.9 miles	15
Neilson	17.1 miles	16
Alcoma	17.4 miles	15
Frostproof	17.6 miles	16
Babson Park	17.7 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294564. 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.