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Lynchburg, 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 33850. The Survey maps it on the Auburndale quadrangle.

Lynchburg 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 Lynchburg, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Lynchburg, 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

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Lynchburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,048 acres in total. 7 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 maintenance37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use18
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Debris and open burning8
Natural7
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2007Debris and open burning98 acresFlorida Forest Service53 SOUTH MATTIE MARSH
30 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service53 GONZO
30 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceKVILLE (53)
7 August 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 August 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lynchburg: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Macasphalt - AuburndaleClayProducerClay

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
Lake Alfred1.7 miles12
Auburndale2.4 miles13
Inwood3.6 miles13
Florence Villa3.7 miles12
Lucerne Park4.3 miles12
Poinsettia Park4.7 miles12
Winter Haven4.7 miles12
Jones Corner4.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295424. 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.