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Poinsettia Park, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Winter Haven-Auburndale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33881. The Survey maps it on the Winter Haven quadrangle.

Poinsettia Park within Polk 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 Poinsettia Park, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Poinsettia 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

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Poinsettia Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 295 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 10 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 maintenance25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
15 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 1999Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 July 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 July 1999Natural1.0 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Poinsettia Park: 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Peat. 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
Green Leaf Products - Dundee PeatPeatProducerPeat
Unnamed Diatomate ProspectDiatomiteProspect
Unnamed Diatomite ProsectDiatomiteProspect
Unnamed Diatomite ProspectDiatomiteProspect

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
Florence Villa1.6 miles12
Eastwood1.7 miles12
Lucerne Park2.5 miles12
Winter Haven3.0 miles12
Eloise Woods3.0 miles12
Lake Hamilton3.1 miles12
Cypress Gardens3.6 miles17
Lake Alfred3.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 289113. 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.