Fox Town, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Lakeland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33809. The Survey maps it on the Providence quadrangle.
Then and now
1944 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 35 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1944 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1944 USGS Providence quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Providence quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Providence quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Kissimmee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
279 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 279 fires within 5 miles of Fox Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,635 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 22 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 | 63 |
| Debris and open burning | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Natural | 36 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 53 THREE SM |
| 22 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 53 JINX |
| 5 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 53 KOOTER LANE |
| 30 August 2004 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PERSIMMON PATCH |
| 28 August 2020 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RESEARCH WAY (53) |
| 26 August 2000 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 53 PARKWAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fox Town: 1 plant, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Magnesite, Iron, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Water, Free, Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor Investment - Fair-Anchor Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Tenoroc Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Magnesite, Iron, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Water, Free | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orangedale | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Providence | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Gibsonia | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Socrum | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Kathleen | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Galloway | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Hitchapukasse (historical) | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Polk City | 5.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 282775. 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.







