A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 5 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1956.
“The Mud Lake Canal is a prehistoric long-distance canoe canal near Flamingo, Florida, U.S. It is located at Cape Sable, in the Everglades National Park.”
Wikipedia article Mud Lake Canal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 50 National Register listings published here for Monroe County · listed in 2006 · category: Site · a National Historic Landmark.
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 32 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 11 fires within 5 miles of Mud Lake Canal between 1994 and 2020, burning about 6,207 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Everglades National Park | FLAMINGO CAMP |
| 28 September 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Everglades National Park | WHITEWBAY |
| 31 July 2012 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Everglades National Park | COOT BAY FOUND OUT |
| 27 June 2018 | Natural | 17 acres | Everglades National Park | COOT BAY |
| 25 May 2009 | Natural | 6,175 acres | Everglades National Park | HELLS BAY |
| 6 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Everglades National Park | CIRCLE FIRE |
| 7 March 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Everglades National Park | FLAMINGO C |
| 5 March 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Everglades National Park | BUTTONWOOD |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flamingo, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 1999: 3 waterspout, 2 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Flamingo | - | 1/2 mile south of flamingo |
| May 1998 | Waterspout | Flamingo | - | Pilot reported 5-8nm SW of Cape Sable. Shower movement was to the northeast at 5 to 10 knots. |
| August 1997 | Waterspout | Flamingo | - | reported by park ranger near rabbit key. |
| October 1997 | Waterspout | Flamingo | - | observed 7nm w of shark river inlet. |
| May 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Flamingo | - | no account filed |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 06000979 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Monroe County | All 50 listed properties in this county. |
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