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Lyle Corner, 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. It stands on North Bear Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bartow quadrangle.

Lyle Corner 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 Lyle Corner, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Lyle Corner, 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

176 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Lyle Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,413 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 5 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 maintenance44
Recreation and ceremony36
Equipment and vehicle use25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning17
Natural16
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism5

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
3 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2011Natural20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLITTLE PINE (53)
15 September 1999Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 August 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 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 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Lyle Corner: 8 plants, 4 producers, 4 past producers, 3 unknowns. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Clear SpringsPhosphorus-Phosphates, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1950
Ged Mining - Tice PitClayProducerClay
MulberryPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, FreePast Producer
Noralyn/PhosphoriaPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, UraniumPast Producer1920, 1948
Oak Ridge MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stuart-Griffin TractsPhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, AluminumOccurrence
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteProspect
Unnamed Diatomite ProspectDiatomiteOccurrence
Bartow #1 Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown1965

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
Bartow1.8 miles17
Ridgewood2.8 miles17
Ewell3.2 miles17
Highland City3.6 miles17
Gordonville4.3 miles17
Royster4.4 miles17
Connersville4.4 miles17
Bonnie4.7 miles15

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 Q122553929The 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 295423. 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.