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Rolling Hills, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Bartow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33860. The Survey maps it on the Bradley Junction quadrangle.

Rolling Hills within Polk County

Then and now

1949 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rolling Hills, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Rolling Hills, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

290 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 290 fires within 5 miles of Rolling Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,453 acres in total. 29 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 maintenance65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined64
Equipment and vehicle use43
Natural29
Debris and open burning29
Recreation and ceremony21
Arson/incendiarism17
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2004Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOLD 37
20 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceAGRICOLA MINE ROAD (53)
19 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresFlorida Forest Service3 BOOMS
8 August 2018Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOLD 37 (53)
5 August 1994Natural50 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use20 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

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Rolling Hills: 10 producers, 7 plants, 4 past producers, 4 unknowns. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Hookers Prairie MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Uranium, MagnesitePast Producer1976
Imc Agrico - PebbledalePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite, AluminumProducerCollophane
Kingsford MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Aluminum, MagnesiteProducer1920
Land Pebble Phosphate DistrictPhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Zirconium, TitaniumProducer1888, 1890
Noralyn/Phosphoria MinesPhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, MagnesiteProducerCollophane
Polk County MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1974, 1976
Silver CityPhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, UraniumProspect1906, 1962, 1983
Haynesworth MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, MagnesiteProducer1967
Oak Ridge MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Silver City MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, MagnesiteProducer1963

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
Pierce0.8 miles15
Oak Terrace1.2 miles15
Pebbledale1.9 miles15
Bradley Junction2.1 miles15
Pine Dale2.2 miles15
Achan2.5 miles15
Green Bay2.6 miles15
Bonnie3.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 289933. 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.