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Withla, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Lakeland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33868. The Survey maps it on the Poyner quadrangle.

Withla within Polk County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The 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 sheet of Withla, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Withla, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

247 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Withla between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,100 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 33 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
Equipment and vehicle use104
Railroad operations and maintenance38
Natural33
Arson/incendiarism33
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
28 September 2008Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service35/HUNTING FIRE/0982
27 September 2008Arson/incendiarism291 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBIG BRUSH FIRE
24 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2011Arson/incendiarism406 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWEST TRAIL (35)
20 September 2011Arson/incendiarism15 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINE(35)
9 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 August 2014Natural15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDEEN STILL LATE NIGHT (53)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk 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 Withla: 4 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Devane MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wallace MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Florida Mining and Mat'L. - Devane MineSandProducer
Florida Mining and Mat'L. - Van Fleet MineSandProducer
Florida Mining and Mat'Ls - Devane MineSandUnknown
Florida Mining and Mat'Ls - Van Fleet MineSandUnknown
Vulcan-Ica - Polk Sand MineSandProducer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Berry1.5 miles11
Eva2.2 miles11
Green Pond2.7 miles11
Poyner2.7 miles11
Rock Ridge4.4 miles11
Citrus Ridge10.5 miles14
Polk City11.1 miles11
Orangedale12.7 miles12

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 Q122559589The 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 295714. 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.