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Oakland Park, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Mount Dora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32757. The Survey maps it on the Eustis quadrangle.

Oakland Park within Lake County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oakland Park, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Oakland Park, surveyed 1955

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

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Oakland Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,261 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 7 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 maintenance29
Natural14
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2

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
3 September 2001Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service35/LAST RANCH FIRE/0865
13 August 2012Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSHIRLEY SHORES(35)
27 July 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 July 2016Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSHIRLEY SHORES (35)
11 July 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 June 2008Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service35/LITTLE GARDEN FIRE/0558

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Oakland Park: 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Diatomite, Clay. 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
Coddings Sand and Sail Inc.ClayUnknown
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteProspect
Codding Sand and Soil Co. - Codding PitSandProducer
Florida Rock Industries, Inc - Astatula MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Mount Dora1.7 miles12
Mount Homer2.1 miles12
Tavares2.6 miles12
Dublin2.9 miles12
Eustis3.4 miles12
Ellsworth Junction3.8 miles12
Lake Jem4.0 miles13
Lane Park4.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 288012. 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.