Deep Lake, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Everglades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34141. It lies near Hollywood Head. The Survey maps it on the Deep Lake quadrangle.

Deep Lake within Collier County

Then and now

1956 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 31 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Deep Lake, surveyed 1987

Topographic sheet of Deep Lake, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Deep Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1985 USGS Naples quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Deep Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23,791 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 13 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
Natural	48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	26
Railroad operations and maintenance	19
Arson/incendiarism	13
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Recreation and ceremony	2
Debris and open burning	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
7 September 2007	Natural	15 acres	Big Cypress National Preserve	RAILROAD
7 September 2007	Natural	15 acres	Big Cypress National Preserve	ROCK ISLAND
23 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Big Cypress National Preserve	DEEP LAKE
2 September 1994	Natural	9.0 acres	Big Cypress National Preserve	GONE
8 August 2003	Natural	2.0 acres	Big Cypress National Preserve	COPELAND2
6 August 1994	Natural	4.6 acres	Big Cypress National Preserve	AMOEBA
5 August 2002	Natural	under an acre	Big Cypress National Preserve	DEEPLAKE
24 August 1994	Natural	18 acres	Big Cypress National Preserve	LONG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collier 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Jerome	3.1 miles	10
Rock Island	4.8 miles	12
Copeland	6.2 miles	10
Lee Cypress	6.9 miles	10
Miles City	7.7 miles	13
Carnestown	9.1 miles	10
Weavers Station	9.6 miles	11
Ochopee	10.0 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294743. 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.