Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1953.
“The Desert Inn and Restaurant was a historic site in Yeehaw Junction, Florida, United States. It was located at 5570 South Kenansville Road, next to SR 60.”
Wikipedia article Desert Inn and Restaurant, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 11 National Register listings published here for Osceola County · listed in 1994 · 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 35 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 94 fires within 5 miles of Desert Inn between 1992 and 2019, burning about 7,983 acres in total. 63 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 63 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1996 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2003 | Natural | 45 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-12-1117 O-6 OSCEOLA |
| 8 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (OK) ROLLINS1 (1275) |
| 30 August 2000 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2016 | Natural | 160 acres | Florida Forest Service | SLOW BURN (49) |
| 13 August 2006 | Natural | 140 acres | Florida Forest Service | (IR) KV (1326) |
| 10 August 2018 | Natural | 120 acres | Florida Forest Service | INDIAN MOUND (49) |
| 9 July 1997 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yeehaw Junction, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 1995: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1995 | Hail | Yeehaw Junction | - | Dime-size hail was reported at Yeehaw Junction |
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 93001158 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Osceola County | All 11 listed properties in this county. |
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