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Cornwell, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sebring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33857. The Survey maps it on the Basinger quadrangle.

Cornwell within Highlands 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 Cornwell, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Cornwell, surveyed 1953

Compare 1953 against another survey:

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

77 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Cornwell between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,284 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 7 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
Natural19
Equipment and vehicle use12
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 2011Natural40 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINE HAMMOCK (47)
21 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(HI) 721 FIRE (703)
20 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMICCO BLUFF (47)
24 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceDOUGHERTY (28)
21 August 2000Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2017Natural103 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBUCKHORN (28)
18 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(OK) PREACHERMAN FIRE(1346)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Highlands 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
Fort Basinger2.4 miles12
Plains5.1 miles13
Wild Island5.7 miles13
Marland8.1 miles13
Lorida9.4 miles14
Sunvale10.2 miles14
Brighton10.5 miles12
Highlands Park Estates12.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294724. 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.