Neilson, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Frostproof census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33843. The Survey maps it on the Frostproof quadrangle.

Neilson within Polk County

Then and now

1953 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 35 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Neilson, surveyed 1988

Topographic sheet of Neilson, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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.

1953 USGS Frostproof quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1978 USGS Bartow quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

188 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Neilson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,991 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 11 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 maintenance	40
Debris and open burning	39
Natural	35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	24
Equipment and vehicle use	21
Arson/incendiarism	11
Recreation and ceremony	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Other causes	2
Smoking	1
Fireworks	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
7 September 2012	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	COTTON (53)
3 September 2000	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
27 September 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	(HI) ILLEAGAL BURN (1498)
22 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	AVON BLVD(28)
20 September 2009	Natural	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	53 111 COMMAND
14 September 1996	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
30 August 2014	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	LIVINGSTON 3 STRIKE (53)
3 August 2006	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	53 BOAT LANDING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Pittsburg	1.7 miles	16
Maxcy Quarters	3.5 miles	16
Frostproof	4.9 miles	16
West Frostproof	5.8 miles	16
Southern Pines Recreational Vehicle Park	6.1 miles	14
Bereah	6.7 miles	15
Hillcrest Heights	10.0 miles	14
Babson Park	10.7 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295480. 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.