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Lake Garfield, 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 33830. The Survey maps it on the Bartow quadrangle.

Lake Garfield 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 Lake Garfield, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Lake Garfield, 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

186 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Lake Garfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,387 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 12 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 maintenance41
Debris and open burning37
Equipment and vehicle use34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural12
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2

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
17 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenance17 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 1999Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 August 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service53 REYNOLDS
9 July 2000Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCLEAR SPRINGS (53)

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 Lake Garfield: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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
Clear SpringsPhosphorus-Phosphates, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1950
Clear Springs MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, MagnesiteProducer1966
Ged Mining - Tice PitClayProducerClay
Pierce Farmland/HydroPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant

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
Roux Quarters0.6 miles17
Cox Corner0.8 miles17
Connersville1.8 miles17
Alturas2.8 miles15
Gordonville4.3 miles17
Bartow4.4 miles17
Wahneta4.7 miles17
Lyle Corner5.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 285242. 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.