BlockBay Lake, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Groveland-Mascotte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34736. The Survey maps it on the Bay Lake quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1955 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Bay Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Kissimmee quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Bay Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
172 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Bay Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,989 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 24 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 | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 35/TWIN LAKES/0956 |
| 5 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | VAN FLEET MM17 (35) |
| 15 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 148 acres | Florida Forest Service | ELMERS FIRE |
| 15 August 2006 | Natural | 17 acres | Florida Forest Service | 60/TOWER FIRE/0901 |
| 9 July 1999 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bay Lake in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | Flood | Bay Lake | $12,600,000 | Lake County Emergency Management reported significant urban, street, and low-lying flooding as a result of 6 to 10 inches (north) and 8 to 12 inches (south) of rain in association with Hurricane Milton. A period of very heavy rainfall rates associated with the core of the storm led to flash flooding during the overnight period (Oct 9 - 10).||The heavy rain that fell as a result of the storm also led to a long-term river flood event along the St. Johns. At Deland, the river rapidly rose to major flood stage on Oct 11, peaking at 5.49 ft on Oct. 14. Downstream at Astor, the river was already in minor flood stage at the beginning of the event and quickly rose to major the morning of Oct 10, peaking at 4.81 ft on Oct 12, a new record for the site. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Bay Lake | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groveland | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Mascotte | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| South Clermont | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Slones Ridge | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Clermont | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Orange Mountain | 10.0 miles | 13 | |
| Tuscannoga | 10.1 miles | 10 | |
| Minneola | 10.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294668. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.
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.