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Gardner, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Zolfo Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33890. It stands on Charlie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gardner quadrangle.

Gardner within Hardee County

Then and now

1956 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 32 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gardner, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Gardner, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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.

Fires near this place

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Gardner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,515 acres in total. 10 started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Debris and open burning16
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2000Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2004Natural40 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCROOKED CREEK FIRE
18 July 2007Natural60 acresFlorida Forest Service14-BROWNVILLE FIRE-0407
11 July 1995Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 June 2008Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service25-FISH BRANCH ROAD FIRE-0279
25 June 2007Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Service25-PRICE ROAD-0358
15 June 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Gardner: 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Clay, Sand, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Acrefoot JohnsonPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspectSurface
B. H. GriffinPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspectSurface
Dot Arcadia - Gardner MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Clay, SandUnknownSand

Every working recorded in Hardee County

Storms near this place

7 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gardner in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 3 heavy rain, 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2001Flash FloodGardner$1,000,000no account filed
November 2022HailGardner-County EM reported hail up to golf ball size along US Highway 17.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindGardner-Trees were broken and blown down due to thunderstorm winds.
October 2005Heavy RainGardner-Rainfall of 5.34" was recorded north of Gardner and 4.74" was recorded 9 miles southwest of Wauchula.
September 2004Heavy RainGardner-A National Weather Service observer one mile south of Gardner recorded 8.57".
September 2004Heavy RainGardner-A National Weather Service observer recorded 6.33" of rain.
November 2002FloodGardner-4.62 inches of rain.

Every storm recorded in Hardee 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Buchanan4.2 miles13
Kinsey5.1 miles14
Limestone5.3 miles14
Sweetwater6.5 miles13
Bridges6.9 miles13
Moffitt7.1 miles13
Lily8.8 miles14
Oak Grove9.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294782. 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.