Park of the Palms, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Keystone Heights census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32656. It stands on Alligator Creek. The Survey maps it on the Keystone Heights quadrangle.
Then and now
1941 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 52 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1941 USGS Starke quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Starke quadrangle1:50000
- 1949 USGS Keystone Heights quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Starke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Keystone Heights quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
220 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 220 fires within 5 miles of Park of the Palms between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,796 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 61 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 1995 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Florida Forest Service | BASS BOAT FIRE 2006-07-0272 |
| 23 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BOWDOIN FIRE 2006-07-0286 |
| 10 August 2012 | Natural | 18 acres | Florida Forest Service | 21 SOUTH (04) |
| 1 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 1042-SANTA FE LAKE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Park of the Palms: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium-Heavy Minerals. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Co Board of Co Comm. - Twin Lakes Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Florida Rock Industries - Goldhead Mine | Titanium-Heavy Minerals | Producer | Ilmenite, Leucoxene, Rutile, Zircon, Kyanite | |
| Foremost Clay Mine | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Head Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone Heights | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Loch Lommond | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Lake Geneva | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Belmore | 9.8 miles | 13 | |
| Kingsley Village | 12.4 miles | 17 | |
| Kingsley Beach | 13.0 miles | 13 | |
| Kingsley | 13.2 miles | 13 | |
| Penney Farms | 17.7 miles | 14 |
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 Q122597788 | The 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 307139. 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.








