Chain O'Lakes, 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
315 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 315 fires within 5 miles of Chain O'Lakes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,891 acres in total. 113 started naturally. 43 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 | 113 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 35/BEAR LAKE FIRE/1050 |
| 20 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | National Forests in Florida | ALEXANDER SPRINGS WI |
| 19 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | CAMPGROUND |
| 8 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | PAISLEY |
| 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 Chain O'Lakes in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 hail. 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 2008 | Hail | Chain O Lakes | - | Hail was reported near Chain 0 Lakes along State Highway 44. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Lakes Ridge | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Paisley | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Johnsons Corner | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Kathryn Heights | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lake Kathryn | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Fullerville | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Lake Mack Park | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Forest Hills | 4.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305472. 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.





