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South Mulberry, Florida

17 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 Mulberry quadrangle.

South Mulberry 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 South Mulberry, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of South Mulberry, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

366 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 366 fires within 5 miles of South Mulberry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,317 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 18 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 maintenance88
Missing data/not specified/undetermined60
Recreation and ceremony51
Equipment and vehicle use47
Debris and open burning34
Natural29
Arson/incendiarism18
Power generation/transmission/distribution18
Misuse of fire by a minor18
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
23 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use50 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDREAM OAK (53)
21 September 2011Natural20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLITTLE PINE (53)
18 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSEABOARD (53)
18 September 1997Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 1999Recreation and ceremony6.0 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

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of South Mulberry: 12 plants, 8 producers, 4 past producers, 4 unknowns. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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
Bonny Lake MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Magnesite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Water, Free, Fluorine-FluoritePlant1958
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
Mulberry Limestone Drying MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Cristina ReservePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1935
Debris DepositsPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, FreeProspect1974
MulberryPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, FreePast Producer
Nichols MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, UraniumPast Producer1915, 1970
Oak Ridge MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Mulberry in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Tornado (EF0)South Mulberry-A supercell embedded within an outer rainband associated with Tropical Storm Debby began showing signs of increased organization around 13:40 EST as it moved north-northwest across southern Polk County between Bowling Green and Fort Meade. The storm continued exhibiting signs of increasing organization as it passed west of Fort Meade, before a NWS volunteer relayed video of a tornado associated with the storm around 13:58 EST just north of FL Hwy 640 near Agricola Rd. The volunteer relayed that the tornado continued on the ground for approximately 2 minutes before dissipating over open field after tracking around a mile and a half. No significant damage was reported, with likely only minor tree damage resulting from the tornado. Maximum winds were estimated around 75 mph.

Every storm 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
Kingsford0.4 miles17
Mulberry0.7 miles17
East Mulberry0.8 miles17
Royster1.6 miles17
Achan1.9 miles15
Prairie Junction2.0 miles17
Fuller Heights2.0 miles17
Pine Dale2.1 miles15

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 Q122596716The 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 291399. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.