Cypress Gardens, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Winter Haven-Auburndale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33884. The Survey maps it on the Eloise quadrangle. 10,169 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 167 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1955 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 33 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Cypress Gardens
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Cypress Gardenslisted 2014 · 0.2 miles away
Population over time
3 figuresCypress Gardens grew from 8,844 to 10,169 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8,844 | |
| 2010 | 8,917 | +73 (+1%) |
| 2020 | 10,169 | +1,252 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1955 USGS Eloise quadrangle1:24000, 6 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
162 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Cypress Gardens between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,059 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GRAY (53) |
| 17 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 1992 | Natural | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cypress Gardens: 3 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Peat. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Leaf Products - Dundee Peat | Peat | Producer | Peat | |
| Unnamed Diatomate Prospect | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Prosect | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Prospect | Diatomite | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cypress Gardens in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cypress Gardens | $2,000 | Two large trees were uprooted at an apartment complex. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Cypress Gardens | - | Amateur radio operator reported golf ball size hail near Cypress Gardens in Polk County. |
| March 2001 | Hail | Cypress Gardens | - | Nickel to dime sized hail was reported by Skywarn Spotters and Ham Radio operators from Winter Haven to one mile north of Cypress Gardens. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Cypress Gardens | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eloise Woods | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| Lakeshore Palms Travel Park | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Eastwood | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Eloise | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Lake Shipp Heights | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Winter Haven | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Tranquility Park | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Wahneta | 3.4 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.
| Wikipedia article on Cypress Gardens | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1845155 | 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 281211. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





