Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1952.
“The Homeland School is a historic school in Homeland, Florida. It is located at 249 Church Avenue, inside Homeland Heritage Park.”
Wikipedia article Homeland School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 78 National Register listings published here for Polk County · listed in 2007 · 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 36 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 180 fires within 5 miles of Homeland School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,632 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | 53 CLARK FIRE |
| 3 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Homeland School: 5 producers, 3 prospects, 2 plants, 2 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Springs | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1950 | |
| Fort Meade Mine - Mobil | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Water, Free | Plant | 1966 | |
| Fort Meade Mine Mobil | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Aluminum, Magnesite, Iron | Producer | 1967 | |
| Clear Springs Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite | Producer | 1966 | |
| Fort Meade Mine Mobil | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium | Prospect | 1983 | |
| Noralyn/Phosphoria | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium | Past Producer | 1920, 1948 | |
| Noralyn/Phosphoria Mines | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite | Producer | Collophane | |
| Rockland Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite | Producer | 1920, 1968 | |
| Silver City | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium | Plant | 1906, 1930 | |
| Silver City | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium | Prospect | 1906, 1962, 1983 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Homeland, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Hail | Homeland | - | 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | W. Henry Lewis House | 4.7 miles | 2012 |
 | South Florida Military College | 4.7 miles | 1972 |
 | Fort Meade Historic District | 4.9 miles | 1994 |
 | Christ Church | 5.0 miles | 1976 |
 | South Bartow Residential District | 5.1 miles | 1993 |
 | Lawrence Brown House | 5.2 miles | 2001 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07000001 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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