Eva, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Haines City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33868. It lies near Rattlesnake Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Poyner 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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Poyner quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Kissimmee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
235 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 235 fires within 5 miles of Eva between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,097 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 28 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 83 |
| Natural | 40 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 35/HUNTING FIRE/0982 |
| 27 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 291 acres | Florida Forest Service | BIG BRUSH FIRE |
| 24 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 406 acres | Florida Forest Service | WEST TRAIL (35) |
| 20 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | PINE(35) |
| 9 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2014 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | DEEN STILL LATE NIGHT (53) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Eva: 4 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devane Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wallace Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Florida Mining and Mat'L. - Devane Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Florida Mining and Mat'L. - Van Fleet Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Florida Mining and Mat'Ls - Devane Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Florida Mining and Mat'Ls - Van Fleet Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Vulcan-Ica - Polk Sand Mine | Sand | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eva in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2016 | Hail | Eva | - | A Polk County resident sent in a picture of Ping Pong ball size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berry | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Poyner | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Withla | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Green Pond | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Rock Ridge | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Citrus Ridge | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Polk City | 9.9 miles | 11 | |
| Orangedale | 12.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295269. 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.





