Dowling Park, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dowling Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32060. The Survey maps it on the Dowling Park quadrangle. It stands 62 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1954 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Dowling Park quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Perry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
176 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Dowling Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 871 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 62 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MILL CREEK #2 (40) |
| 14 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 217TH (61) |
| 14 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 04-61-209TH RD FIRE-0854 |
| 3 August 2012 | Natural | 27 acres | Florida Forest Service | WINQUEPIN 1 (40) |
| 28 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dowling Park: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Mining Corp. - Dowling Pond Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone | |
| White Constr. - Dowling Park | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
18 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dowling Park in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dowling Park | $5,000 | Shed destroyed. Large trees were blown down. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dowling Park | $2,000 | Numerous large trees and powerlines down. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dowling Park | $1,000 | Trees were blown down across the road at 14004 217th Road. Damage cost was estimated. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dowling Park | $500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dowling Park | - | Wes Skiles Peacock Springs State Park reported a tree was blown down across an access road. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dowling Park | - | Trees were blown down east of Dowling Park and Luraville which caused partial road blockage. The time of damage was based on radar data. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Dowling Park | - | Nickel to pea size hail was reported in Dowling Park. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dowling Park | - | Power lines were blown down in Dowling Park. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dowling Park | - | Trees were blown down. One tree broke the window of a mobile home. There were no injuries reported. The time of the event was based on radar. |
| November 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Dowling Park | - | Several reports of funnel cloud sightings. |
| February 2006 | Hail | Dowling Park | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dowling Park | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Heavy Rain | Dowling Park | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Dowling Park | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Dowling Park | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dowling Park | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Dowling Park | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Dowling Park | - | 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.
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 Dowling Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5302747 | 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 281738. 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.




