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Cherry Lake, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It lies in ZIP code area 34731. The Survey maps it on the Lady Lake quadrangle.

Cherry Lake within Sumter 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 Cherry Lake, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Cherry Lake, 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

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Cherry Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 518 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 maintenance24
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 1999Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresFlorida Forest Service60/PELZER/1060
24 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1993Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 42 (42)
4 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 1997Debris and open burning50 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cherry Lake: 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Peat. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Sumter 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
The Villages1.6 miles13
Oxford4.6 miles18
Moreland Park4.9 miles18
Wildwood5.5 miles19
Orange Home6.0 miles14
Bamboo6.1 miles14
Monarch7.2 miles19
Royal7.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 280364. 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.