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Wauchula Hills, Florida

15 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 33873. It stands on Little Charlie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wauchula quadrangle.

Wauchula Hills 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 Wauchula Hills, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Wauchula Hills, surveyed 1955

Compare 1955 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

189 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Wauchula Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,557 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 6 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 maintenance63
Debris and open burning44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use17
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service25-MANLEY RD FIRE-0426
26 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service25-TRASH PILE-0420
17 September 2017Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSTENSTROM (25)
8 August 2018Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDOC COIL RD (25)
21 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMCDONALD RD (25)
5 July 2004Natural50 acresFlorida Forest ServiceC.F. IND. FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wauchula Hills: 2 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Uranium, Water, Free, Uranium, Iron, 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
D. E. CarltonPhosphorus-Phosphates, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, UraniumProspectSurface
Dot Arcadia - Sr 62 MineSandUnknownSand
Hardee County Unknown OwnershipsPhosphorus-Phosphates, Water, FreeOccurrence
Little Payne CreekPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteUnknown1950

Every working 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
Coker0.8 miles15
Wauchula2.1 miles15
Torrey2.4 miles15
Bowling Green4.3 miles15
Griffins Corner5.3 miles15
Zolfo Springs5.9 miles13
Fort Green Springs6.4 miles14
Vandolah7.0 miles14

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 Q122549888The 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 300132. 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.