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Orangedale, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Lakeland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33809. The Survey maps it on the Providence quadrangle.

Orangedale within Polk County

Then and now

1944 to 1979

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 Orangedale, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Orangedale, surveyed 1944

Compare 1944 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

260 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 260 fires within 5 miles of Orangedale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,499 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 17 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 maintenance59
Debris and open burning48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Natural31
Equipment and vehicle use26
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Arson/incendiarism17
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
27 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Service53 THREE SM
22 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service53 KOOTER LANE
30 August 2004Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePERSIMMON PATCH
28 August 2020Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRESEARCH WAY (53)
26 August 2000Natural50 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service53 PARKWAY
20 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenance15 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 Orangedale: 1 plant, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Magnesite, Iron, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Water, Free, 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
Anchor Investment - Fair-Anchor MineSandUnknownSand
Tenoroc MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Magnesite, Iron, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Water, FreePlant

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
Fox Town1.2 miles12
Providence3.6 miles12
Polk City4.6 miles11
Gibsonia4.7 miles13
Socrum6.1 miles15
Fussells Corner6.7 miles13
Kathleen6.7 miles16
Rawls Park6.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 288229. 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.