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McDonald, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Apopka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32712. The Survey maps it on the Apopka quadrangle.

McDonald within Orange County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The 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 sheet of McDonald, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of McDonald, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of McDonald between 1992 and 2019, burning about 724 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 maintenance17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Other causes1

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 July 2017Natural15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFUDGE(48)
23 July 1996Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 July 1998Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePITT (4)
26 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMEADOWS (48)
20 June 2016Other causes33 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSADLER (48)
13 June 1993Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 May 2002Debris and open burning19 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of McDonald: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Warren PitClayPast Producer
Plymouth PitClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plymouth PitClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Plymouth1.5 miles13
Merrimac1.9 miles13
Zellwood2.6 miles13
Apopka3.6 miles13
Oak Tree Park3.9 miles13
Bay Ridge4.0 miles13
South Apopka4.3 miles13
Lake Apopka5.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 299948. 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.