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Crystal Lake, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32428. The Survey maps it on the Crystal Lake quadrangle.

Crystal Lake within Washington County

Then and now

1944 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Crystal Lake, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Crystal Lake, surveyed 1944

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

154 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Crystal Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 670 acres in total. 19 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 maintenance39
Debris and open burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Natural19
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking8
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony2

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
25 September 2010Natural73 acresFlorida Forest Service03/ST JOE RD 18-0562
25 September 2004Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLEISURE LAKES DRIVE
22 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSPIKES RD
21 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePANTHER TRAIL (67)
21 September 1997Smoking5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2016Natural60 acresFlorida Forest ServiceASPHALT PLANT RD (03)
18 September 2019Debris and open burning12 acresFlorida Forest ServiceQUAIL RIDGE RD (67)
17 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Crystal Lake: 9 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand. 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 Washington County

Storms near this place

7 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crystal Lake in 7 storm reports between 2013 and 2021: 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2013Thunderstorm WindCrystal Lake$25,000Trees fell on a home near Peaceful Lane. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCrystal Lake$5,000Trees were blown down with damage to the porch of a house near Crystal Lake.
August 2021Flash FloodCrystal Lake-The Florida Highway Patrol reported water over the southbound lane of Highway 77.
October 2021Flash FloodCrystal Lake-Water was reported over the road at Highway 77 and Crystal Lake Drive.
October 2021Flash FloodCrystal Lake-The intersection of Highway 77 and Crystal Lake was reported underwater.
June 2017Flash FloodCrystal Lake-Water completely covered the roadway on Coyote Trail.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindCrystal Lake-Trees were blown down in the Crystal Lake area.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Greenhead4.4 miles14
Grantham6.7 miles14
Red Head8.6 miles16
Holmes Valley9.6 miles14
Macom9.8 miles14
Ebro9.8 miles16
New Hope11.2 miles13
Norum11.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294732. 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.