Avon Park Air Force Range: Cultural Resources Inventory and Assessment
Creators: name: Geo-Marine, Inc.
Publisher: name: Geo-Marine, Inc.
Year: 1997
Subjects: Kissimmee River
Lake Arbuckle
Okechobee Basin
World War II Period
Post-Archaic, Pre-Contact Period
Post Contact-Colonial Period
Territorial-Early Statehood Period
Civil War Reconstruction Period
Post-reconstruction Period
Turn of the Century Period
Archaic Period
World War I Period
Boom Time 1921-1929
Depression and New Deal Period
Post-World War II to Present
Paleo-Indian
PaleoIndian
Archaic
Historic
Euroamerican
T-1056 Observation Tower
8PO5299
B-17 Crash Site
8HG767
Big Jahn Site
8HG768
Small Scatter Site
8HG769
Morgan Hole Creek #3 Site
8HG770
Plantation Site
8HG771
Morgan Hole Creek Windmill/Tank Site
8HG772
Old Car Site
8HG773
T-1065 Observation Tower
8HG876
Bill's Bay Tank and Windmill Site
8HG877
Skyraider Crash Site
8PO4698
Smith Grade Site
8PO4699
Military observation tower
Structure
Concrete water tank
Historic Structure
Archaeological Feature
Artifact Scatter
Non-Domestic Structures
Airplane crash
Ceramic
Chipped Stone
Architectural Documentation
Archaeological Overview
Architectural Survey
Historic Background Research
Collections Research

description: 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 structures on APAFR. The research was conducted from December 1995 to July 1996 under contract (No. DACA63-93-D-0014, Delivery Order No. 197) with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Fort Worth District, acting at the request of the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) and APAFR. The report is divided into three main sections. The first section presents the results of a cultural resources inventory of 6,800 acres on APAFR. Included in this section is a discussion of the physical environment; previously located sites; an overview of the culture history of the area; predictive models for site location; and evaluation and treatment recommendations for the resources discovered. The second section describes the construction of a GIS predictive model. Section 3 provides a historic context for APAFR during World War II; presents the results of a HABS Level IV inventory of extant World War II structures on the Range; and offers recommendations for the treatment of these facilities. The final section is followed by the references cited in the main body of the text. Site forms and survey information are presented in Appendices A and B, respectively. Appendices C through G provide information concerning the acquisition of land for APAFR and the physical development of the facility during the war years. Appendix H offers a list of all properties on the Range that are 45 years or older, and Appendix I contains Florida Historical Structure Forms for selected structures. A complete list of artifacts recovered during the survey appears in Appendix J.