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.
Then and now
1944 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1944 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1944 USGS Lakeland quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Lakeland quadrangle1:31680
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Lakeland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Kissimmee quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Lakeland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
213 since 1992Regional 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 maintenance | 82 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RANCH AND FARM (53) |
| 20 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | NURSERY (53) |
| 5 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Creek - Ebersbach | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium | Past Producer | 1968 | |
| Saddle Creek Tailings Dam, Hydro | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium | Past Producer | 1941, 1977 | |
| Saddle Creek-Ebersbach Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite | Past Producer | 1968, 1985 | |
| Unnamed Diatomite Deposit | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Poseidon #1 Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Saddle Creek (The Williams Co.) | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | 1968, 1983 |
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Flood | Eaton Park | $100,000 | The 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 2020 | Hail | Eaton Park | - | Emergency Manager reported penny size hail near Crystal Lake in Polk County. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Eaton 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Lake | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Fountain Heights | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Lakeland | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Highland City | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Combee Settlement | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Rawls Park | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Carters Corner | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Fussels Corner | 4.0 miles | 13 |
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.








