Elwood Park, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Bradenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34208. It stands on Gap Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bradenton quadrangle.
Then and now
1947 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 47 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1947 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1947 USGS Bradenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Bradenton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Sarasota quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Bradenton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Elwood Park between 1992 and 2019, burning about 234 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 1993 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2016 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | PINE ISLAND (41) |
| 8 July 2004 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 13TH AV FIRE |
| 8 July 2004 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BRIGHT HOUSE FIRE |
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 Elwood Park: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Dolomite, Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| P and R Shell Pit No. 2 | Calcium | Producer | ||
| State Road 70 Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bradenton Dolomite Quarry | Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Minton Dolomite Quarry | Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Palmetto Dolomite Quarry | Dolomite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elwood Park in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2017: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood Park | $20,000 | Southern Manatee Fire & Rescue reported damage to roofs fences, and trees around 30th Street East and 44th Avenue East in Bradenton. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Elwood Park | - | Public reported nickel sized hail falling near Bradenton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastgate | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Samoset | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Braden Castle | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Manatee | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Oneco | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| West Samoset | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Fullers Earth | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Manavista | 3.6 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Elwood Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16873419 | 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 282189. 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.








