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Ellsworth Junction, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Tavares census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32778. The Survey maps it on the Eustis quadrangle.

Ellsworth Junction 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 Ellsworth Junction, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Ellsworth Junction, 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

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Ellsworth Junction between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,166 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 7 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 maintenance25
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
3 September 2001Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHURRICANE (35)
18 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service35/LAST RANCH FIRE/0865
5 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service35/MADISON/0857
20 August 2000Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2012Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSHIRLEY SHORES(35)

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 Ellsworth Junction: 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, Diatomite. 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
Astatula Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Florida Rock Industries, Inc - Astatula MineSandUnknown
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
Lane Park1.8 miles12
Tavares2.8 miles12
Lake Jem3.3 miles13
Astatula3.7 miles13
Oakland Park3.8 miles12
Howey-in-the-Hills4.1 miles11
Mount Homer4.7 miles12
Yalaha4.7 miles11

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.

Wikidata item Q122565109The 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 294756. 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.