Blue Lakes Ridge, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Umatilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32767. The Survey maps it on the Paisley quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Paisley quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
281 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 281 fires within 5 miles of Blue Lakes Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,153 acres in total. 98 started naturally. 37 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 | 98 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | National Forests in Florida | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | CAMPGROUND |
| 12 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.1 acres | National Forests in Florida | MAPLE GROVE |
| 8 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | PAISLEY |
| 6 August 1996 | Natural | 5.0 acres | National Forests in Florida | BLACKWATER 1 |
| 6 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | HOTEL 2 |
| 4 August 2009 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 35/LEEWARD ROAD FIRE/0856 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blue Lakes Ridge in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blue Lakes Ridge | $4,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees on a house and blocked a road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paisley | 0.6 miles | 13 | |
| Johnsons Corner | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Chain O'Lakes | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Kathryn | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Lake Kathryn Heights | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Fullerville | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lake Mack Park | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Forest Hills | 5.7 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122541393 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305341. 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.





