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Palm Shadows, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Oviedo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32732. The Survey maps it on the Osteen quadrangle.

Palm Shadows within Seminole 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 Palm Shadows, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Palm Shadows, 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

282 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 282 fires within 5 miles of Palm Shadows between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,566 acres in total. 147 started naturally. 9 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
Natural147
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Railroad operations and maintenance31
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2007Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHERE WE GO AGAIN (3)
4 September 2006Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF PASTURE # 2
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHEAP OF HEAVEN (59)
29 September 2016Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePLANET (64)
27 September 2010Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF-64-REED ELLIS
27 September 2005Debris and open burning10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF-ANTLER
24 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF DOGLEG TRL
20 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF CYPRESS ISLES 0741

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole 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 Palm Shadows: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Excavated Products, Inc - Sr 46SandProducer

Every working recorded in Seminole 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
Mullet Lake Park0.2 miles12
Geigers Landing0.3 miles12
Geneva3.7 miles14
Beck Hammock4.0 miles12
Indian Mound Village4.0 miles12
Canaan4.2 miles12
Osceola4.4 miles14
Cameron City4.6 miles12

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 Q122538986The 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 288410. 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.