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Kingsford, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Bartow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33860. The Survey maps it on the Mulberry quadrangle.

Kingsford 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 Kingsford, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Kingsford, 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

370 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 370 fires within 5 miles of Kingsford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,118 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 18 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 maintenance89
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Recreation and ceremony53
Equipment and vehicle use49
Debris and open burning34
Natural27
Power generation/transmission/distribution19
Arson/incendiarism18
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Smoking2
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
8 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2004Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOLD 37
23 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use50 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDREAM OAK (53)
21 September 2011Natural20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLITTLE PINE (53)
18 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSEABOARD (53)
18 September 1997Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 1999Recreation and ceremony6.0 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

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Kingsford: 12 plants, 8 producers, 4 past producers, 4 unknowns. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bonny Lake MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Magnesite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Water, Free, Fluorine-FluoritePlant1958
Imc Agrico - PebbledalePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite, AluminumProducerCollophane
Kingsford MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Aluminum, MagnesiteProducer1920
Land Pebble Phosphate DistrictPhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Zirconium, TitaniumProducer1888, 1890
Mulberry Limestone Drying MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Cristina ReservePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1935
Debris DepositsPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, FreeProspect1974
MulberryPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, FreePast Producer
Nichols MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, UraniumPast Producer1915, 1970
Oak Ridge MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
South Mulberry0.4 miles17
Mulberry1.1 miles17
East Mulberry1.1 miles17
Achan1.4 miles15
Royster1.6 miles17
Pine Dale1.7 miles15
Prairie Junction2.4 miles17
Fuller Heights2.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 285126. 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.