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Vandolah, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wauchula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33865. The Survey maps it on the Fort Green quadrangle.

Vandolah within Hardee County

Then and now

1955 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 33 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Vandolah, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Vandolah, surveyed 1955

Compare 1955 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

53 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Vandolah between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,645 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
16 July 2003Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-15-1059
6 June 2002Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 June 2000Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 June 2000Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 May 2012Other causes2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBILL WOOD RD (25)
8 May 2006Debris and open burning30 acresFlorida Forest Service25-ABBOTT FIRE-0356
6 May 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service25-CEMETARY FIRE-0185
19 May 2017Equipment and vehicle use38 acresFlorida Forest ServiceVANDOLAH RD (25)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardee County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Vandolah: 5 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Uranium, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
CF Hardee MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Fluorine-FluoriteUnknown1975, 1978
D. E. CarltonPhosphorus-Phosphates, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, UraniumProspectSurface
Farmland Hardee MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1955
Gardinier South Hardee DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1974
Mississippi Chemical Corp - HardeePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1967
Olliff OptionPhosphorus-Phosphates, Iron, Uranium, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspectChemical Sediment, Marine
C.F. Industries - South PasturePhosphorus-PhosphatesProducerCollophane

Every working recorded in Hardee County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vandolah in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2021: 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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
December 2009Tornado (EF0)Vandolah$75,000A narrow tornado briefly touched down 6.8 miles west of Wauchula at the Florida Institute for Neurologic Rehabilitation. The tornado flipped a vehicle, blew out windows in multiple vehicles, caused roof damage to two buildings, and downed trees.
July 2021FloodVandolah-Emergency Management reported water partially covering Alton Carlton Road near Troublesome Creek southwest of Wauchula.

Every storm recorded in Hardee 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
Ona2.3 miles13
Oak Grove3.7 miles13
Fort Green Springs5.3 miles14
Wauchula6.4 miles15
Fort Green6.8 miles14
Coker6.8 miles15
Wauchula Hills7.0 miles15
Zolfo Springs7.0 miles13

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 Q122565382The 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 294956. 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.