Ewell, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Bartow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33860. It stands on Skinned Sapling Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mulberry quadrangle.

Ewell within Polk County

Then and now

1949 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ewell, surveyed 1988

Topographic sheet of Ewell, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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.

1949 USGS Mulberry quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1950 USGS Mulberry quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1978 USGS Bartow quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

285 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 285 fires within 5 miles of Ewell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,061 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 13 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	67
Recreation and ceremony	52
Equipment and vehicle use	44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	42
Debris and open burning	23
Power generation/transmission/distribution	19
Natural	16
Arson/incendiarism	13
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Fireworks	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
8 September 2000	Railroad operations and maintenance	15 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Ewell: 11 plants, 8 producers, 5 past producers, 4 unknowns. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bonny Lake Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Magnesite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite	Plant	1958
Imc Agrico - Pebbledale	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum	Producer	Collophane
Land Pebble Phosphate District	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Zirconium, Titanium	Producer	1888, 1890
Mulberry Limestone Drying Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Plant
Noralyn/Phosphoria Mines	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite	Producer	Collophane
Polk County Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer	1974, 1976
Stuart-Griffin Tracts	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum	Occurrence
Debris Deposits	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free	Prospect	1974
Mulberry	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free	Past Producer
Noralyn/Phosphoria	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium	Past Producer	1920, 1948

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Ridgewood	0.6 miles	17
Royster	1.2 miles	17
Bonnie	2.1 miles	15
East Mulberry	2.1 miles	17
Mulberry	2.6 miles	17
South Mulberry	2.7 miles	17
Kingsford	2.7 miles	17
Lyle Corner	3.2 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 282323. 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.