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.
Then and now
1955 to 1988The 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.


Compare 1955 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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 Fort Green quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Ft. Green quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Bartow quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 July 2003 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-15-1059 |
| 6 June 2002 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 June 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 June 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 May 2012 | Other causes | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BILL WOOD RD (25) |
| 8 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | 25-ABBOTT FIRE-0356 |
| 6 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 25-CEMETARY FIRE-0185 |
| 19 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 38 acres | Florida Forest Service | VANDOLAH RD (25) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CF Hardee Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | 1975, 1978 | |
| D. E. Carlton | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Uranium | Prospect | Surface | |
| Farmland Hardee Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | 1955 | |
| Gardinier South Hardee Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | 1974 | |
| Mississippi Chemical Corp - Hardee | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | 1967 | |
| Olliff Option | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Iron, Uranium, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | Chemical Sediment, Marine | |
| C.F. Industries - South Pasture | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | Collophane |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Vandolah | $75,000 | A 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 2021 | Flood | Vandolah | - | Emergency Management reported water partially covering Alton Carlton Road near Troublesome Creek southwest of Wauchula. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ona | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Grove | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Fort Green Springs | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Wauchula | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Fort Green | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Coker | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Wauchula Hills | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Zolfo Springs | 7.0 miles | 13 |
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 Q122565382 | The 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.






