East Mulberry, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Bartow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33860. The Survey maps it on the Mulberry quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1949 USGS Mulberry quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Mulberry quadrangle1:24000
- 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
369 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 369 fires within 5 miles of East Mulberry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,507 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 14 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 | 98 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | DREAM OAK (53) |
| 21 September 2011 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | LITTLE PINE (53) |
| 18 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SEABOARD (53) |
| 18 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 1994 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of East Mulberry: 12 plants, 8 producers, 4 past producers, 4 unknowns. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonny Lake Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Magnesite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite | Plant | 1958 | |
| Imc Agrico - Pebbledale | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum | Producer | Collophane | |
| Kingsford Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite | Producer | 1920 | |
| Land Pebble Phosphate District | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Zirconium, Titanium | Producer | 1888, 1890 | |
| Mulberry Limestone Drying Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Prospect | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Cristina Reserve | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | 1935 | |
| Debris Deposits | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free | Prospect | 1974 | |
| Mulberry | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free | Past Producer | ||
| Nichols Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium | Past Producer | 1915, 1970 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mulberry | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| South Mulberry | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Kingsford | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Royster | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Prairie Junction | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Fuller Heights | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Ewell | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Achan | 2.4 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122555726 | 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 282003. 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.






