East Lake, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tarpon Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34685. The Survey maps it on the Oldsmar quadrangle. 32,344 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 13 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1943 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 52 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresEast Lake grew from 30,962 to 32,344 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 30,962 | |
| 2020 | 32,344 | +1,382 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1943 USGS Oldsmar quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Oldsmar quadrangle1:31680
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Oldsmar quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Oldsmar quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
137 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of East Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,351 acres in total. 66 started naturally. 16 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 | 66 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1997 | Natural | 14 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Natural | 410 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | 27 acres | Florida Forest Service | DIAGONAL POWER LINE (52) |
| 24 August 1993 | Natural | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 1993 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of East Lake: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Lynn Co. - Big Basin Commerce Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Hardaway Co. - Race Track Rd. Mine | Sand | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Shore Estates | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Innisbrook | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Cove Springs | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Tarpon Springs | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Wall Springs | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Saint George | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Palm Harbor | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Harbor Palms | 4.6 miles | 16 |
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 East Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q965206 | The 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 1853247. 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.









