A National Historic Landmark. Built in 1972. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1955.
From the record
“Dade Battlefield Historic State Park is a state park located on County Road 603 between Interstate 75 and U.S. The 80-acre (32 ha) park includes 40 acres (160,000 m2) of pine flatwoods and a live oak hammock.”
Wikipedia article Dade Battlefield Historic State Park, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 4 National Register listings published here for Sumter County · listed in 1972 · category: Site · built in 1972 · a National Historic Landmark.
National Register reference number.72000353- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
72 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Dade Battlefield Historic Memorial
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 315 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 4 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 maintenance
22
Debris and open burning
21
Equipment and vehicle use
10
Natural
7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
5
Arson/incendiarism
4
Misuse of fire by a minor
2
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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
3 workings within 5 miles of Dade Battlefield Historic Memorial: 2 producers, 1 unknown.
2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Bushnell, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 17 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 tornado, 1 heavy rain.
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.
There were numerous reports of trees and power lines down in the Bushnell area. Trees were blocking the roads on Highway 301 and County Road 475 where each intersected County Road 532W. The downed trees led to a multiple vehicle accident on County Road 475.
There were numerous reports of trees and power lines down in the Bushnell area. A tree blocked the road near the intersection of County Road 476 and County Road 609A.
Sumter County Emergency Management reported numerous downed trees on Jumper Drive in Bushnell. One house sustained minor roof damage from a tree. The Osprey Point Nursing Center also sustained minor damage to the facade of the building.
The Sumter county emergency management reported thunderstorm winds damaged a few sheds, downed a few trees and several large branches along U.S. Highway 301 in extreme southern Sumter county.
Sumter County Emergency Management reported that thunderstorm winds downed several power lines and large branches along U.S. Highway 301 between Bushnell and Sumterville.
A Skywarn Spotter reported that a 50 mph thunderstorm wind gust caused minor to moderate damage to one quarter of a metal type quonset barn along County Road 575 north of County Road 476.
Skywarn Spotters reported that thunderstorm winds removed the roof of a greenhouse and downed a few large trees and several large branches along a three quarter mile long and 200 yard path in Bushnell.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, 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.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
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