East Lake Weir, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Belleview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32133. The Survey maps it on the Lake Weir quadrangle. It stands 112 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1954 to 1978The 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.


On record in East Lake Weir
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
James Riley Josselyn Houselisted 1993
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Lake Weir quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
257 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 257 fires within 5 miles of East Lake Weir between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,958 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 17 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 | 74 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | LAKE CATHERINE |
| 4 September 1992 | Natural | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HIGHWAY 42 (42) |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | 28 acres | Florida Forest Service | BLACKBERRY RANCH (42) |
| 6 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 1997 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of East Lake Weir: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Bluff Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Boutwell Constr. Co. - Candler Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Florida Rock Industries - Weirsdale Mine | Sand | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanton | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Ocklawaha | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| East Silver Springs Shore | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Lake Weir (historical) | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Weirsdale | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Coronado Pines | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sunset Harbor | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Weir | 4.2 miles | 10 |
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 Weir | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5330715 | 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 305616. 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.




