Cassia, 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 32736. The Survey maps it on the Pine Lakes 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
- 1962 USGS Pine Lakes quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
216 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Cassia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,983 acres in total. 112 started naturally. 13 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 | 112 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2013 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | CULVERT (35) |
| 16 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2007 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 35/BOTANY FIRE/1075 |
| 7 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 37 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2009 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 35/LEEWARD ROAD FIRE/0856 |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 35/BOTNAY WOODS-0852 |
| 31 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | YOUPON TRAIL 2 (35) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cassia: 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eustis Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Eustis Sand Co. - Eustis Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Lake County Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free | Prospect | 1960 |
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cassia in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2006: 2 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassia | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees west of Cassia. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassia | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees on Highway 44 near Cassia. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Cassia | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Cassia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Pine Lakes | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Lakes | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Florida Hills | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Seminole Springs | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Hills | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ethel | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Plymouth | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Chain O'Lakes | 7.0 miles | 13 |
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 Q122553231 | 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 305453. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.





