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.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The 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.


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.
Cypress Gardenslisted 2014 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Winter Haven quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Kissimmee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
166 since 1992Regional 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 maintenance | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GRAY (53) |
| 30 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Leaf Products - Dundee Peat | Peat | Producer | Peat | |
| Unnamed Diatomate Prospect | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Prosect | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Prospect | Diatomite | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress Gardens | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Eastwood | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Eloise | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Winter Haven | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lakeshore Palms Travel Park | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Tranquility Park | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Shipp Heights | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Florence Villa | 3.0 miles | 12 |
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 Q122554939 | 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 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.





