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Goldenrod, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It lies in ZIP code area 32792. The Survey maps it on the Orlando East quadrangle.

Goldenrod within Seminole County

Then and now

1955 to 1994

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 Goldenrod, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Goldenrod, surveyed 1955

Compare 1955 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Goldenrod between 1992 and 2020, burning about 274 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 11 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 maintenance36
Equipment and vehicle use24
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1

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
26 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 1992Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 1992Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 July 1992Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole 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 Goldenrod: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cecil A. Stone Co. - Stone PitSandProducer
Excavated Products - Sr 46 PitSandProducer
Sullivan Materials - Sullivan Materials MineSandUnknownSand

Every working recorded in Seminole 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
Bertha1.3 miles14
Gabriella2.6 miles14
Jamestown2.9 miles14
Slavia4.0 miles14
Fern Park4.3 miles15
Casselberry5.1 miles15
Altamonte Springs5.4 miles15
Alafaya Woods5.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 283157. 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.