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Nalcrest, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Lake Wales census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33898. The Survey maps it on the Lake Weohyakapka quadrangle. It stands 62 feet above sea level.

Nalcrest within Polk County

Then and now

1952 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 36 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Nalcrest, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Nalcrest, surveyed 1952

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

187 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Nalcrest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,282 acres in total. 54 started naturally. 21 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
Natural54
Railroad operations and maintenance30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism21
Equipment and vehicle use19
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony2
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
5 September 2001Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service53 TREE FARM
25 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2005-14-0349
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceTIGER
9 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use52 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nalcrest: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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
Gall Silica Mining Co. - Sr 60 MineSandProducer
No. 2 MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Fedhaven0.7 miles15
Hesperides2.5 miles15
Indian Lake Estates3.9 miles15
Alcoma3.9 miles15
Babson Park5.5 miles14
Hillcrest Heights6.2 miles14
Highland Park7.3 miles14
Crooked Lake Park8.7 miles14

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.

Wikipedia article on NalcrestAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6960842The 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 287521. 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.