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Eaton Park, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lakeland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33803. The Survey maps it on the Lakeland quadrangle.

Eaton Park within Polk County

Then and now

1944 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Eaton Park, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Eaton Park, surveyed 1944

Compare 1944 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

213 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Eaton Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,017 acres in total. 13 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 maintenance82
Misuse of fire by a minor35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use22
Debris and open burning19
Natural13
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking2

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 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2011Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRANCH AND FARM (53)
20 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNURSERY (53)
5 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Eaton Park: 4 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Diatomite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium. 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
Saddle Creek - EbersbachPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, UraniumPast Producer1968
Saddle Creek Tailings Dam, HydroPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, UraniumPast Producer1941, 1977
Saddle Creek-Ebersbach MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, MagnesitePast Producer1968, 1985
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteProspect
Poseidon #1 MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Saddle Creek (The Williams Co.)Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect1968, 1983

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

3 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eaton Park in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2020: 2 hail, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2015FloodEaton Park$100,000The regional emergency manager reported that four homes were impacted by localized flooding. One home suffered major flooding, two others sustained minor flooding and one was close to being flooded. 10 people in total were evacuated from the four homes.
August 2020HailEaton Park-Emergency Manager reported penny size hail near Crystal Lake in Polk County.
April 2018HailEaton Park-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Crystal Lake1.9 miles13
Fountain Heights2.8 miles17
Lakeland3.1 miles13
Highland City3.4 miles17
Combee Settlement3.4 miles13
Rawls Park3.5 miles13
Carters Corner3.6 miles13
Fussels Corner4.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 282052. 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.