BlockLucerne Park, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Winter Haven-Auburndale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33881. The Survey maps it on the Winter Haven quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The 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 sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Winter Haven quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Kissimmee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Lucerne Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,305 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 7 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 maintenance | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BANNON (53) |
| 15 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 1999 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BANNON ISLAND PILE (53) |
| 3 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lucerne Park: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Diatomite Prosect | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Prospect | Diatomite | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poinsettia Park | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Alfred | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Florence Villa | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Hammock Village | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Hamilton | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Haines City | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Eastwood | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Lynchburg | 4.3 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122554502 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295422. 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.