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Jones Corner, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Winter Haven-Auburndale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33823. The Survey maps it on the Auburndale quadrangle.

Jones Corner 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 Jones Corner, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Jones Corner, surveyed 1944

Compare 1944 against another survey:

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

183 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Jones Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,749 acres in total. 11 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 maintenance62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use23
Debris and open burning21
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Natural11
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
8 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2011Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRANCH AND FARM (53)
14 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceKVILLE (53)
7 August 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1997Railroad 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Jones Corner: 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium. 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
Macasphalt - AuburndaleClayProducerClay
Saddle Creek - EbersbachPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, UraniumPast Producer1968
Saddle Creek Tailings Dam, HydroPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, UraniumPast Producer1941, 1977
Saddle Creek-Ebersbach MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, MagnesitePast Producer1968, 1985
Saddle Creek (The Williams Co.)Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect1968, 1983

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
Kossuthville1.8 miles13
Carters Corner2.5 miles13
Auburndale2.6 miles13
Jan-Phyl Village2.6 miles13
Inwood2.6 miles13
Fussels Corner2.8 miles13
Fussells Corner3.1 miles13
Tranquility Park4.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 284907. 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.