Moreland Park, Florida
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Wildwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34785. The Survey maps it on the Oxford quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1893 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1893 USGS Panasoffkee quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Panasoffkee quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Moreland Park between 1992 and 2019, burning about 345 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HOBO FIRE 1129 |
| 4 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CYPRESS TREE (60) |
| 19 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 60/HIGHWAY FIRE/0889 |
| 3 June 1999 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 May 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | 60/THREE FLAGS-0513 |
| 30 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 60/ADAMSVILLE/0661 |
| 29 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CR 231 (60) |
| 29 May 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 44 FIRE-0450 |
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 Moreland Park: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Peat. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Peat - Cherry Lake Pit | Peat | Producer | Peat | |
| John E. Loy - Loy's Pit | Peat | Producer | Peat |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwood | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Oxford | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Royal | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Monarch | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Long Hammock | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Orange Home | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Cherry Lake | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| The Villages | 5.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 287118. 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.








