Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1953.
“Dundee station is a historic Atlantic Coast Line Railroad train station in Dundee, Florida. On July 30, 2001, it was added to the U.S.”
Wikipedia article Dundee station (Florida), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 78 National Register listings published here for Polk County · listed in 2001 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 26 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Dundee ACL Railroad Depot, Old between 1992 and 2020, burning about 717 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 10 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 | 35 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALFORD RD (53) |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BANNON (53) |
| 13 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | TIMBERLANE COMMAND |
| 11 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CHICKEN COOP |
| 30 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 1999 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TRAIL ROAD (53) |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Dundee ACL Railroad Depot, Old: 3 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Diatomite, Peat. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Leaf Products - Dundee Peat | Peat | Producer | Peat | |
| Reliable Peat - Lake Trask | Peat | Producer | Peat | |
| Unnamed Diatomate Prospect | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Prosect | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Prospect | Diatomite | Prospect |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dundee, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2007: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2005 | Lightning | Dundee | 1 hurt, $10,000 | A man working at his computer was shocked by a nearby lightning strike and was taken to the hospital. Excessive lightning in Polk County also caused a power transformer in Avon Park to catch fire, ignited a tree in Lakeland, and caused minor damage to four homes in the Lakeland area. |
| April 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Dundee | $250,000 | Damage photographs and eyewitness accounts from a police officer have determined that a tornado with 80 MPH winds caused damage near Dundee. The track began near the Cypresswood Golf and Country Club then tracked east-northeast across Highway 27 into Dundee where it caused moderate damage to manufactured homes in Dell Lake Village before lifting. Severe of the manufactured homes were uninhabitable due to roof damage. Nine other manufactured homes received damage to awnings, car ports, and parts of the roof. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dundee | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree atop a home in Dundee. The roof of the home sustained minor to moderate damage. Two mobile homes sustained major roof damage from thunderstorm winds at the Royal Oak mobile home park. |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Chalet Suzanne | 4.7 miles | 1990 |
 | Cypress Gardens | 4.8 miles | 2014 |
| Craney Spec Houses Historic District | 4.8 miles | 2019 | |
 | Lake of the Hills Community Club | 4.9 miles | 2000 |
 | Haines City National Guard Armory, Old | 5.5 miles | 1994 |
 | Central Grammar School, Old | 5.6 miles | 1994 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 01000739 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Polk County | All 78 listed properties in this county. |
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