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Castle Hill, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Clermont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34711. The Survey maps it on the Clermont East quadrangle.

Castle Hill within Lake County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The 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 sheet of Castle Hill, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Castle Hill, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

141 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Castle Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,467 acres in total. 11 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
Railroad operations and maintenance36
Equipment and vehicle use29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning12
Natural11
Smoking10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1992Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1996Debris and open burning42 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 1993Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 1993Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1993Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 1998Debris and open burning6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Castle Hill: 9 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Avalon PitClayPast Producer
Highway PitClayProducer
Center Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clermont MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tulley Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
E.R. Jahna Industries - Clermont MineSandProducer
Florida Crushed Stone - Tulley MineSandProducer
Florida Crushed Stone Co. - Pine Needle MineSandProducer
Silver Sand Co. - Center Sand MineSandProducer
Tarmac Amercia, Inc. - Center Sand MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Lake County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Roan0.5 miles13
Montverde Junction1.1 miles13
Reavills Corner1.3 miles13
Waits Junction1.8 miles13
Skytop2.3 miles13
Mohawk3.0 miles13
Orange Mountain3.5 miles13
Montverde3.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295184. 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.