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Harlem Heights, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Southwest Orange census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34787. The Survey maps it on the Winter Garden quadrangle.

Harlem Heights within Orange County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Harlem Heights, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Harlem Heights, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Harlem Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,292 acres in total. 7 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 maintenance17
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking3
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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
7 July 2000Railroad operations and maintenance2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 July 2004Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSUMMERPORT KEY (4)
12 July 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 June 2001Natural115 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROLF
5 June 2000Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 June 2000Natural125 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 June 2000Natural12 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 June 1998Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Harlem Heights: 7 producers, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Avalon PitClayPast Producer
Highway PitClayProducer
Center Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clermont MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Florida Crushed Stone - Tulley MineSandProducer
Schofield Corp. of Orlando - Schofield PitSandProducer
Silver Sand Co. - Center Sand MineSandProducer
Tulley Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Killarney3.0 miles13
Beulah3.1 miles14
Oakland3.2 miles13
Summerport Beach3.3 miles11
Tildenville3.5 miles14
Winter Garden4.2 miles14
Lake Butler4.3 miles14
Windermere4.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 283740. 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.