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Eloise Woods, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Winter Haven-Auburndale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33884. The Survey maps it on the Winter Haven quadrangle.

Eloise Woods within Polk County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Eloise Woods, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Eloise Woods, surveyed 1955

On record in Eloise Woods

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

166 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Eloise Woods between 1992 and 2020, burning about 971 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 12 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 maintenance45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use19
Natural18
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Arson/incendiarism12
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGRAY (53)
30 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 1999Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2002Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Eloise Woods: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Green Leaf Products - Dundee PeatPeatProducerPeat
Unnamed Diatomate ProspectDiatomiteProspect
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteOccurrence
Unnamed Diatomite ProsectDiatomiteProspect
Unnamed Diatomite ProspectDiatomiteProspect

Every working 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
Cypress Gardens0.7 miles17
Eastwood2.0 miles12
Eloise2.3 miles17
Winter Haven2.3 miles12
Lakeshore Palms Travel Park2.6 miles17
Tranquility Park2.6 miles12
Lake Shipp Heights2.7 miles17
Florence Villa3.0 miles12

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 Q122554939The 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 282183. 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.