Washington Park, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Southwest Glades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33471. The Survey maps it on the Moore Haven quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 31 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Washington Park
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Moore Haven Downtown Historic Districtlisted 1995 · 0.7 miles away
Moore Haven Residential Historic Districtlisted 1998 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Moore Haven quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Washington Park between 1992 and 2018, burning about 582 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | (GL) DEUCE (1443) |
| 28 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GL- RV FIRE-991 |
| 2 June 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (GL) MALELUCCA FIRE (411) |
| 1 June 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HICPOCHEE (22) |
| 22 May 2017 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RIM CANAL (22) |
| 20 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | (GL) RIVER ROAD (702) |
| 16 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (GL) GLADES INN (511) |
| 1 May 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HAGAN (22) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moore Haven | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Benbow | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Liberty Point | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Monkey Box | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Shawnee | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Centre | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Lakeport | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Sarasota Colony | 11.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 292913. 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.






