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Griffin, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lakeland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33810. The Survey maps it on the Lakeland quadrangle.

Griffin within Polk County

Then and now

1944 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Griffin, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Griffin, surveyed 1944

Compare 1944 against another survey:

On record in Griffin

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

173 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Griffin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,382 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 14 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 maintenance57
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Debris and open burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
20 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service845
8 August 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service53 KOOTER LANE
28 August 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 June 2000Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 June 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida 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 Griffin: 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Galloway1.0 miles16
Gibsonia2.4 miles13
Kathleen2.9 miles16
Winston3.8 miles16
Lakeland3.9 miles13
Providence4.9 miles12
Combee Settlement5.1 miles13
Rawls Park5.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 283445. 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.