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New Eden, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the St. Cloud census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34771. The Survey maps it on the Narcoossee quadrangle.

New Eden within Osceola County

Then and now

1953 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 26 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of New Eden, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of New Eden, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

141 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of New Eden between 1993 and 2020, burning about 9,517 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 15 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 maintenance37
Natural34
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
24 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBARRYWOOD
12 September 1993Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBROOKS (6)
7 August 2020Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFISH FIRE - (49)
4 August 1993Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 2013Natural12 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSUNGROVE (49)
16 August 2020Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLIVE OAK GROVE FIRE (49)
15 August 2006Natural73 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLONG CANAL (06)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osceola County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of New Eden: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite. 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
Unnamed Diatomite ProspectDiatomiteProspect

Every working recorded in Osceola 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
Pine Grove1.3 miles12
Runnymede3.4 miles12
Narcoossee3.4 miles12
Ashton4.1 miles13
Tohopikaliga (historical)4.6 miles14
Saint Cloud5.8 miles12
Harmony6.4 miles13
Buenaventura Lakes10.0 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.

Wikidata item Q122550310The 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 287612. 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.