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.
Then and now
1944 to 1988The 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 sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1944 USGS Crystal Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Crystal Lake quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Crystal Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Crystal Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
154 since 1992Regional 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 maintenance | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2010 | Natural | 73 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03/ST JOE RD 18-0562 |
| 25 September 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LEISURE LAKES DRIVE |
| 22 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SPIKES RD |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PANTHER TRAIL (67) |
| 21 September 1997 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2016 | Natural | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | ASPHALT PLANT RD (03) |
| 18 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Florida Forest Service | QUAIL RIDGE RD (67) |
| 17 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Sand & Excavation, Inc. - American Sand Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| American Sand & Excavation, Inc. - Washington Co. Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Calvin's Heavy Equiptment, Inc. - Skunk Valley 2 | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Cato Enterprises, Inc. - S.R. 77 Barrow Pit | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Cato Enterprises, Inc. - Sr 20 Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| City of Lynn Haven - Lynn Haven Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Dmp Investments, Inc. - Skunk Valley Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Florida Asphalt and Paving - Bay Co. Pits | Sand | Producer | ||
| Jimmy Petty, Jr. - Petty Sand #1 | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Royal American Construction Co., - Royal American Pit 1 | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 2013Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crystal Lake | $25,000 | Trees fell on a home near Peaceful Lane. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crystal Lake | $5,000 | Trees were blown down with damage to the porch of a house near Crystal Lake. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Crystal Lake | - | The Florida Highway Patrol reported water over the southbound lane of Highway 77. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Crystal Lake | - | Water was reported over the road at Highway 77 and Crystal Lake Drive. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Crystal Lake | - | The intersection of Highway 77 and Crystal Lake was reported underwater. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Crystal Lake | - | Water completely covered the roadway on Coyote Trail. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crystal Lake | - | Trees were blown down in the Crystal Lake area. |
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.
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.








