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Gordonville, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Winter Haven-Auburndale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33830. The Survey maps it on the Bartow quadrangle.

Gordonville 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 Gordonville, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Gordonville, 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.

Fires near this place

171 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Gordonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,492 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 9 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 maintenance45
Equipment and vehicle use31
Debris and open burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Natural13
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
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
5 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGRAY (53)
17 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 1999Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 August 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2002Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 August 1993Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 July 2000Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gordonville: 2 plants, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Clay. 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
Ged Mining - Tice PitClayProducerClay
Stuart-Griffin TractsPhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, AluminumOccurrence
Bartow Minerals Corp MillPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Pierce Farmland/HydroPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gordonville in 1 storm report in 2013: 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
August 2013Thunderstorm WindGordonville-The mesonet station 3 miles SW of Eagle Lake in Polk county recorded a wind gust of 60 mph.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Connersville2.6 miles17
Eagle Lake3.2 miles17
Roux Quarters3.9 miles17
Wahneta3.9 miles17
Bartow4.1 miles17
Lyle Corner4.3 miles17
Highland City4.3 miles17
Lake Garfield4.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 283225. 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.