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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.

East Lake within Pinellas County

Then and now

1943 to 1995

The 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.

Topographic sheet of East Lake, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of East Lake, surveyed 1943

Population over time

2 figures

East 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.

YearPeople Change
201030,962
202032,344+1,382 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

137 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism16
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

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
16 September 1997Natural14 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1997Natural410 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1999Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2012Natural27 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDIAGONAL POWER LINE (52)
24 August 1993Natural40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 1993Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinellas County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Andrew Lynn Co. - Big Basin Commerce PitSandProducer
Hardaway Co. - Race Track Rd. MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Pinellas 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
Lake Shore Estates2.1 miles16
Innisbrook3.3 miles17
Cove Springs3.9 miles17
Tarpon Springs4.1 miles18
Wall Springs4.1 miles17
Saint George4.1 miles16
Palm Harbor4.3 miles17
Harbor Palms4.6 miles16

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 LakeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q965206The 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.