Kissimmee River (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Wilder. Charles D. Frederick.

This report presents the results of Phase I and II archaeological investigations on the Avon Park Air Force Range (APAFR) in Polk and Highlands counties, Florida. This work was conducted by Geo-Marine, Inc. (GMI), under a contract (DACA63-99-D-0010, Delivery Orders 059, 060 and 065) with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, acting on behalf of the Air Combat Command (ACC) and APAFR. The purpose of this study is to provide the APAFR with data for use in the management of its...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert S. Carr.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Brent M. Handley. Michael A. Arbuthnot. Christopher T. Savage.

Environmental Services, Inc. (ESI) was contracted by Ecology and Environmental, Inc. to conduct a cultural resource assessment survey of 3,384 acres of the Avon Park Air Force Range (APAPR), located in Highlands and Polk Counties, Florida. This archaeological investigation was performed to assist Ecology and Environmental, Inc. and the Southwest Division Naval Facilities Engineering Command in complying with state and federal guidelines.The goal of the survey was to locate, delineate, identify...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christine Newman. Melissa Memory. Brenda Swann.

In 1997 the C.A.R.L. Archaeological Survey began their survey and assessment of the cultural resources on the Kissimmee Prairie State Buffer Preserve. Since this date, several trips have been made to the property that have resulted in the identification and documentation of nineteen archaeological and historical sites on the property. The C.A.R.L. Survey identified sixteen sites, and the Archaeological and Historical Conservancy, Inc. recorded three sites. Although this is a significant number,...

PROJECT Avon Park Air Force Range. Park T. DeVane. Kelly Nolte. US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District. Virgil Roy Beasley. Marsha Prior. United States Air Force History Office and Museums Program.

This project contains documents relating to both the architectural and the general history of the Avon Park Air Force Range. The documents range from amateur histories of the air force range to Historic American Engineering Record-like documentation.

PROJECT Acquisition and Restoration Council.

This project contains documents relating to both environmental assessments and management plans for the Avon Park Air Force Range, MacDill Air Force Base, and surrounding nature preserves.

PROJECT Uploaded by: Kathy Couturier

Documents and images relating to the Avon Park Air Force Range Cold War Survey prepared by Geo-Marine, Inc. for Avon Park Air Force Range.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tiffany Osburn. Michael Wilder. Lisa O'Steen. Brandi M. Carrier Jones.

This document contains ceramic and zooarchaeological data Florida archaeological site forms appendices and from sites on the Avon Park Air Force Range.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Geo-Marine, Inc..

This report presents the results of cultural resources investigations conducted on 6,800 noncontiguous acres on Avon Park Air Force Range (APAFR) in Polk and Highlands counties, Florida. The investigations consisted of a Phase I cultural resources survey, a predictive model for locating prehistoric cultural resources in the form of a land stratification structure, a World War II historic context, and historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) Level IV documentation of extant World War II...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Brandi M. Carrier Jones. Martha Doty Freeman. Amy L. Burkholder.

This report presents the results of a Phase I cultural resources survey and archaeological inventory of 1,334.6 ac (540.9 ha) on Avon Park Air Force Range in Polk and Highlands counties, Florida, and the results of Phase II documentation, investigation, and National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility determination of five archaeological sites. The Phase I survey resulted in the discovery of three archaeological sites (8HG1107, 8HG1108, 8PO7011) and five isolated archaeological...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Virgil Roy Beasley. Christopher J. Shepard. Alisa Pettitt. Matthew Gill. Brynn Torelli.

During the winter of 2008–2009, Geo-Marine, Inc., conducted cultural resources survey and site evaluations at Avon Park Air Force Range in Polk and Highlands counties, Florida. Investigations included a Phase I archaeological survey of eight selected, noncontiguous tracts in five different areas covering approximately 1,580 acres. Survey was based on previously determined zones of high, medium, and low probability for archaeological sites, with the goal of identifying all cultural resources...

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Located 75 miles from MacDill Air Force Base and about six miles east-northeast of Avon Park, Florida, Avon Park Air Force Range originated as a bombing and gunnery range in December 1941. Neighboring the range was an installation known as Avon Park Army Air Field and Avon Park Army Air Base. In 1946, Avon Park Army Air Field was largely unoccupied, kept on stand-by status as a satellite of MacDill. By 1947, most of its buildings and structures had been disposed. The Continental Air Forces...

PROJECT United States Air Force Air Combat Command. Stevens J. Sanderson. Stevens J. Sanderson.

Phase I and Phase II investigations of three sites on Avon Park Air Force Air Force Range.

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This project contains letters and other documents that communicate the potential for archaeological resources on Air Force land.

DOCUMENT Full-Text U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service.

The Kissimmee River Basin in south-central Florida is a unique and biologically diverse landscape that is home to rare and unique habitats and wildlife found nowhere else, and an agricultural way of life that is slowly disappearing. With Florida’s population expected to double to 36 million from 2010 to 2060 (Zwick and Carr 2006) and many major development projects in the works, the time is now to conserve what is left. In 2010, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) helped initiate...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Environmental Flight.

The Bravo Central and Charlie Flank Towers score air-to-ground deliveries of ordnance on bombing and gunnery ranges. In addition to routine maintenance, one or more of the towers have their handrails, roofs, windows, and catwalk walking surfaces replaced. Doors and catwalks are added to the Charlie Flank Towers while the window awnings are replaced. All of the towers’ interiors are remodeled to house new electronic equipment. The Florida State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) concurs with...

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Sanderson Stevens. Susan Hathaway.

Parsons Engineering Science, Inc. (Parsons) conducted a Phase I archaeological survey of ca.2,811 acres during the winter of 2001. Johnna Thackston Technical Project Manager--TPM) and Peg Margosian (Avon Park AFR GIS Specialist) selected areas for the survey. The purpose of the survey is to assist A von Park Air force Range in their completion with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. as amended. The survey, which included portions of Management Units 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text L. Knott. D. McVarish. C. Osborn.

As part of Section 106 mitigation for the Avon Park Air Force Range World War II Airfield, HAER-like Level II documentation was performed. Documentation included large-format photographs, reduced plans, and a narrative history. Thirteen different components to the airfield were documented and the importance of the airfield to advancements in aviation military strategy were noted.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Park T. DeVane.

Giving an intimate history of the lands composing the Avon Park Bombing Range, this report is the result of the Avon Park Air Force Range participating in a program to identify and protect historic sites on government lands, particularly those located on their Air Force Range. Although the activities in the area may not have been significant within the definition of federal and state laws, installation personnel felt that sites of local interest should be identified and described. Without this...

DOCUMENT Full-Text State of Florida, Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Recreation and Parks.

This plan serves as the basic statement of policy and direction for the management of Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park as a unit of Florida’s state park system. It identifies the objectives, criteria and standards that guide each aspect of preserve administration, and sets forth the specific measures that will be implemented to meet management objectives. The plan consists of two interrelated components. Each component corresponds to a particular aspect of the administration of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tiffany Osburn. Michael Wilder. Lisa O'Steen. Brandi M. Carrier Jones.

This report presents the results of Phase I and Phase II archaeological investigations on Avon Park Air Force Range (APAFR) in Polk and Highlands counties, Florida. This work was conducted by Geo-Marine, Inc. (GMI) under a contract (DACA63-00-D-0006, Delivery Order 0036) with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, acting on behalf of the Air Combat Command (ACC) and APAFR. The purpose of this study is to provide the APAFR with data for use in the management of its cultural...

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Sanderson Stevens. Dennis Knepper. Carter Shields.

This survey consisted of a Phase I archaeological survey of Management Unit 1 OA, ca. 3,400 acres, located in the extreme southeast comer of the facility. The purpose of the survey was to assist APAFR in compliance with Sections 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, and various Air Force regulations. Topographic relief is minimal and open hammocks and grasslands are the dominant vegetation in the vicinity of the river. Various flatwood communities dominate~...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Kathy Couturier

In a continuing effort to comply with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida, conducted two Phase I archaeological surveys, in the Fall of 1998 and in the Spring of 1999. The surveys were contracted through Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Virginia, and Moody AFB, Georgia. One survey, conducted in November and December of 1998, investigated a 5,700 acre (2,307 hectare) portion of Management Units 1 and 2. The second survey...

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Sanderson Stevens. Bradley M. Mueller.

Parsons, Inc. (Parsons) was contracted by Headquarters Air Combat Command (HQ ACC) on behalf of Avon Park Air Force Range (APAFR), Florida and Moody Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia to conduct a Phase I archaeological survey of approximately 1,835 acres (743 hectares). The purpose of the survey was to assist APAFR in compliance with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended; Air Force Instruction 32-7065; and other state, federal, and Department of Defense...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Headquarters Air Combat Command. Parsons Engineering Science, Inc..

In 2004, Headquarters Air Combat Command (HQ ACC) conducted a Phase I archaeological survey and Phase II evaluations at three previously documented sites within the boundaries of Avon Park Air Force Range (APAFR). Between January 5, 2004 and February 27, 2004, a pedestrian and shovel test survey was completed of approximately 4,147.1 acres (1,678.3 ha) in the central part of the property. The acreage was stratified as high, medium, and low probability areas, as defined by a previously prepared...