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.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The 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 sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Cherry Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
209 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 86 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Other causes | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 40 - ONEAL FIRE 0298 |
| 22 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 201ALOE (40) |
| 21 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | THE EVERETT FIRE #291 |
| 24 August 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 40 -FENCE ROW FIRE #0434 |
| 3 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | OLD VALDOSTA ROAD (40) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
31 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2006 | Hail | Cherry Lake | $100,000 | Golfball 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | $10,000 | Several 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | $5,000 | One house had roof damage in the Cherry Lake area with several trees and power lines down in the northern part of the county. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Cherry Lake | $5,000 | An 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | $5,000 | A tin roof on a shed was blown off. Numerous trees were down near Cherry Lake Circle. Reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | $3,000 | Trees were blown down onto power lines resulting in power outages in the Cherry Lake area. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down near the intersection of Settlement and Hickory Roads. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | $2,000 | Wind damage from flying debris resulted in a power outage. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | $2,000 | A very large oak tree was blown down and blocking Cherry Lake Circle. Wires were also blown down at this location. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down north of Madison around Highway 53. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | $2,000 | There were some downed trees and power lines from just east of Cherry Lake to near Pinetta. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | $1,000 | The Madison County EMA reported numerous trees down along County Road 471. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | - | A tree was blown down along Highway 53 near Cherry Lake. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | - | A tree was blown down. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | - | A couple of trees were blown down, including one on Highway 53 North. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | - | A tree was blown down across NW Jersey Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | - | A tree was blown down near the intersection of Highway 53 and County Road 253. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | - | Trees were blown down and blocked N Highway 53. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Cherry Lake | - | The southbound lanes of Highway 53 at NW Hickory Road were flooded. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | - | A tree was blown down on Highway 53 South. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | - | A tree was blown down. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | - | A tree was blown down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | - | A tree was blown down on Rocky Ford Road. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Cherry Lake | - | NE Captain Buie Road in Pinetta was impassible due to flooding. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | - | A tree was blown down onto Highway 53 at St. Thomas Church Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | - | A tree was blown down onto Post Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | - | A tree was blown down on Cherry Lake Circle. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Lake | - | Numerous trees down in the Cherry Lake area, along with power outages. Wind speed unknown. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Cherry Lake | - | Quarter size hail reported by the Madison County EMA. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Cherry Lake | - | Nickel to quarter size hail reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Cherry Lake | - | Dime to golfball sized hail covering the ground in Cherry Lake. |
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.
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 Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q91922362 | 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 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.




