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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.

Moreland Park within Sumter County

Then and now

1893 to 1979

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Moreland Park, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Moreland Park, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

45 since 1992

Regional 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 burning13
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
18 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHOBO FIRE 1129
4 July 2019Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCYPRESS TREE (60)
19 July 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service60/HIGHWAY FIRE/0889
3 June 1999Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 May 2006Arson/incendiarism20 acresFlorida Forest Service60/THREE FLAGS-0513
30 May 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service60/ADAMSVILLE/0661
29 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCR 231 (60)
29 May 2005Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service44 FIRE-0450

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
American Peat - Cherry Lake PitPeatProducerPeat
John E. Loy - Loy's PitPeatProducerPeat

Every working recorded in Sumter 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
Wildwood1.7 miles19
Oxford2.6 miles18
Royal2.8 miles18
Monarch3.7 miles19
Long Hammock4.2 miles18
Orange Home4.8 miles14
Cherry Lake4.9 miles13
The Villages5.3 miles13

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.