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ChampionsGate, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Kissimmee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33896. The Survey maps it on the Intercession City quadrangle.

ChampionsGate within Osceola County

Then and now

1953 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 26 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of ChampionsGate, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of ChampionsGate, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

160 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of ChampionsGate between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,193 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 25 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
Natural29
Equipment and vehicle use29
Railroad operations and maintenance25
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning13
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Fireworks1

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
30 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.8 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSAND PINE (06)
1 September 2001Natural80 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2009Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGULLY (6)
19 August 1994Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service53 HOT CAR
9 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenance30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 1999Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 July 2011Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCOMET (53)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osceola County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of ChampionsGate: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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
Csr Rinker - DavenportSandProducer
E.R. Jahna Industries - Loughman MineSandProducer
C Tower MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Davenport Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Loughman MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Osceola 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
Reunion1.4 miles13
Intercession City5.9 miles13
Celebration6.3 miles13
Campbell8.6 miles13
Poinciana Place10.1 miles12
Kissimmee11.4 miles13
Poinciana11.9 miles12
Buenaventura Lakes15.0 miles14

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 ChampionsGateAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q122549254The 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 2013663. 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.