BlockTranquility 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 33880. The Survey maps it on the Winter Haven quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The 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 sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Winter Haven quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Kissimmee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
188 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Tranquility Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 973 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 12 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 maintenance | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GRAY (53) |
| 30 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | KVILLE (53) |
| 7 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Shipp Heights | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Eloise | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Winter Haven | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Jan-Phyl Village | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Eagle Lake | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Inwood | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Eloise Woods | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Florence Villa | 2.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 292401. 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.