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Dublin, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Mount Dora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32757. It lies near Sunset Valley. The Survey maps it on the Eustis quadrangle.

Dublin 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 Dublin, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Dublin, surveyed 1955

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.

Fires near this place

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Dublin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 737 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 8 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 maintenance26
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
2 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2012Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSHIRLEY SHORES(35)
9 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 July 1995Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 2000Railroad operations and maintenance60 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 July 2016Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSHIRLEY SHORES (35)
23 June 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTREETOP (04)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dublin: 1 producer, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Diatomite, Clay. 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
Codding Sand and Soil Co. - Codding PitSandProducer
Coddings Sand and Sail Inc.ClayUnknown
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteProspect

Every working 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
Mount Dora1.3 miles12
Oakland Park2.9 miles12
Sorrento3.6 miles13
Lake Jem3.7 miles13
Mount Homer4.8 miles12
Mount Plymouth5.1 miles13
Tavares5.3 miles12
Eustis5.4 miles12

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 DublinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20657775The 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 295247. 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.