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Cherry Lake, Florida

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Madison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32340. The Survey maps it on the Cherry Lake quadrangle.

Cherry Lake within Madison County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cherry Lake, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Cherry Lake, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

209 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Cherry Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 798 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning86
Railroad operations and maintenance35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use25
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Natural10
Other causes7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service40 - ONEAL FIRE 0298
22 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service201ALOE (40)
21 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE EVERETT FIRE #291
24 August 1993Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 July 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 July 2007Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service40 -FENCE ROW FIRE #0434
3 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOLD VALDOSTA ROAD (40)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

31 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cherry Lake in 31 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 24 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2006HailCherry Lake$100,000Golfball size hail caused extensive damage to a home and destroyed lawn furniture at Cherry Lake. It also dented several vehicles and cracked windshields. Reported by a HAM radio operator and the Madison County Carrier.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake$10,000Several trees and power lines were down along a half mile portion of Highway 150 from the Cherry Lake intersection to NW Fire Fly Way. A home on NW Fire Fly Way sustained minor damage to a large shed. Several trees were snapped.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake$5,000One house had roof damage in the Cherry Lake area with several trees and power lines down in the northern part of the county.
March 2007Tornado (EF1)Cherry Lake$5,000An EF-1 tornado developed quickly and touched down near Cherry Lake. The tornado snapped and uprooted trees along County Road 471. It also damaged the porch and roof of a home. A vehicle was damaged by fallen trees. About 130 acres of planted pine trees were also destroyed.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake$5,000A tin roof on a shed was blown off. Numerous trees were down near Cherry Lake Circle. Reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake$3,000Trees were blown down onto power lines resulting in power outages in the Cherry Lake area.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down near the intersection of Settlement and Hickory Roads.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake$2,000Wind damage from flying debris resulted in a power outage.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake$2,000A very large oak tree was blown down and blocking Cherry Lake Circle. Wires were also blown down at this location.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down north of Madison around Highway 53.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake$2,000There were some downed trees and power lines from just east of Cherry Lake to near Pinetta.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake$1,000The Madison County EMA reported numerous trees down along County Road 471.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake-A tree was blown down along Highway 53 near Cherry Lake.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake-A tree was blown down.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake-A couple of trees were blown down, including one on Highway 53 North.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake-A tree was blown down across NW Jersey Road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake-A tree was blown down near the intersection of Highway 53 and County Road 253.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake-Trees were blown down and blocked N Highway 53.
June 2023Flash FloodCherry Lake-The southbound lanes of Highway 53 at NW Hickory Road were flooded.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake-A tree was blown down on Highway 53 South.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake-A tree was blown down.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake-A tree was blown down.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake-A tree was blown down on Rocky Ford Road.
June 2020Flash FloodCherry Lake-NE Captain Buie Road in Pinetta was impassible due to flooding.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake-A tree was blown down onto Highway 53 at St. Thomas Church Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake-A tree was blown down onto Post Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake-A tree was blown down on Cherry Lake Circle.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindCherry Lake-Numerous trees down in the Cherry Lake area, along with power outages. Wind speed unknown.
April 2006HailCherry Lake-Quarter size hail reported by the Madison County EMA.
March 2005HailCherry Lake-Nickel to quarter size hail reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter.
May 1998HailCherry Lake-Dime to golfball sized hail covering the ground in Cherry Lake.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Hanson3.9 miles9
Pinetta4.0 miles9
Hamburg5.4 miles8
Etotulga (historical)5.7 miles9
Leland5.7 miles9
Maysland7.8 miles8
Madison7.9 miles8
Lovett8.3 miles7

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.

Wikipedia article on Cherry LakeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q91922362The 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 294712. 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.