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Clermont, Florida

11 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 West quadrangle. 43,021 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 85 feet above sea level.

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Clermont 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 Clermont, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Clermont, surveyed 1955

On record in Clermont

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

153 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Clermont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,198 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 14 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 maintenance38
Equipment and vehicle use27
Debris and open burning18
Natural17
Arson/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2

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
20 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1996Debris and open burning42 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1999Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 1993Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1993Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1993Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Clermont: 5 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Clermont MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clermont West MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
E.R. Jahna Industries - Clermont MineSandProducer
E.R. Jahna Industries - Clermont West MineSandProducer
Florida Crushed Stone - Tulley MineSandProducer
Tarmac Amercia, Inc. - Center Sand MineSandUnknown
Tarmac-Florida Silver Sand MineSandProducer

Every working recorded in Lake County

Storms near this place

30 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clermont in 30 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 13 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
July 2009LightningSouth Clermont2 hurtA lightning strike hit two men at a drop-off site for waste and recyclables in Clermont. Both men were injured, but one who was standing in the bed of a pickup truck dropping off debris was seriously injured. He sustained a direct lightning strike and was unconscious when paramedics arrived. Both men were taken to a local hospital.
January 1998Flash FloodClermont$85,000Heavy rains in December and January continued to produce flooding of low lying areas in the Clermont area of Lake County. Four mobile homes were flooded in a mobile home park.
April 2013Debris FlowClermont$75,000Rainfall of 3 to 4 inches in a short period of time, associated with a strong thunderstorm, caused a steep 30 foot section of ground adjacent to State Road 50 in Clermont to slide into a home. The mudslide destroyed a home on Sunnyside Drive. Mud several feet high entered the home. The drainage system in the area was designed several decades ago and could not handle the excessive rain rate.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindClermont$65,000no account filed
May 1999Tornado (F0)Clermont$50,000An F0 tornado touched down briefly in Clermont blowing down trees and slightly damaging four homes.
March 1999Thunderstorm WindClermont$30,000Winds from a severe thunderstorm blew down two large oak trees destroying a pool screen and damaging the roof of a house.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindClermont$10,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees and damaged covered boat docks at a marina near Clermont.
August 2001LightningClermont$3,000Lightning struck a house in Clermont putting a three foot hole in the roof.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindClermont$2,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a sign that struck a vehicle in southern Lake County. Large tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Clermont.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindClermont$1,000Emergency manager reports a tree down near Linden St and Chestnut St.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindClermont$500Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted trees and blew outdoor furniture into a swimming pool.
June 2015Tornado (EF0)Clermont-A citizen photographed a brief (landspout) tornado in an open construction field in Clermont. The report and photo was relayed by local media. No damage occurred.
May 2013HailSouth Clermont-A weather spotter observed nickel sized hail falling near Lake Louisa.
March 2013HailSouth Clermont-Quarter size hail fell for 10 minutes within Lake Louisia State Park near Clermont.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindSouth Clermont-Large shed destroyed by wind. Several pool screen enclosures damaged, fences damaged.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindClermont-A tree blew down across Highway SR 33.
February 1998Tornado (F3)Clermont-The second tornado of the outbreak touched down in Lake County just east of Lake Louisa along Highway 27. It moved northeast at 45 mph through a rural area blowing down trees but otherwise causing little property damage. At 11:41 pm the tornado moved into Orange County.
July 2006HailClermont-no account filed
August 2006HailClermont-no account filed
June 2004HailClermont-no account filed
June 2004HailClermont-no account filed
July 2003HailClermont-no account filed
March 2001HailClermont-no account filed
June 2001HailClermont-no account filed
May 1999HailClermont-no account filed
August 1999HailClermont-no account filed
May 1998HailClermont-no account filed
May 1998HailClermont-no account filed
May 1997Funnel CloudClermont-no account filed
October 1996Tornado (F0)Clermont-no account filed

Every storm 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
Minneola2.2 miles13
Mohawk2.8 miles13
Skytop3.2 miles13
South Clermont3.5 miles11
Groveland4.2 miles11
Orange Mountain4.3 miles13
Reavills Corner4.3 miles13
Waits Junction4.6 miles13

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 ClermontAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q531446The 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 280563. 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.

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.