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Eustis, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Eustis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32726. It lies near Sunset Island. The Survey maps it on the Eustis quadrangle. 23,189 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 69 feet above sea level.

Eustis 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 Eustis, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Eustis, surveyed 1955

On record in Eustis

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 10 records

Population over time

2 figures

Eustis grew from 18,558 to 23,189 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
201018,558
202023,189+4,631 (+25%)

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

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Eustis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 745 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 15 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
Debris and open burning27
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Natural17
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
21 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMILLS ST (35)
19 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGRAND ISLAND SHORES (35)
4 August 1992Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 1993Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 August 2002Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 August 2014Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWEDGEWOOD GROVE (35)
21 August 2007Arson/incendiarism2.1 acresFlorida Forest Service35/LAKE PINES FIRE/0996
31 July 1997Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake 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 Eustis: 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Coddings Sand and Sail Inc.ClayUnknown
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteProspect

Every working recorded in Lake County

Storms near this place

15 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eustis in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2003LightningEustis1 hurt, $8,000A female student was burned by a piece of power transformer on top of a pole that was struck by lightning. Pieces of the shattered transformer flew through an open window on a school bus and landed on the student's leg.
September 2007Tornado (EF1)Eustis$6,200,000A tornado touched down in the Town of Eustis at the northern end of West Crooked Lake. The tornado quickly intensified to EF1 strength as it moved north northwest through Eustis. The track was just under two miles long and had a maximum width of 300 yards. The tornado destroyed 7 homes. Twenty seven homes received major damage and 81 homes reported minor damage. There were no serious injuries and property damage was set at $6.2 million.
August 1993HailEustis$50,000Strong thunderstorm winds ripped off about 30 feet of roofing from a workshop and blew it 100 feet. Nickel-size hail fell.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindEustis$50,000Strong thunderstorm winds ripped off about 30 feet of roofing from a workshop and blew it 100 feet. Nickel-size hail fell.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindEustis$30,000Severe thunderstorms blew down numerous trees and power lines and severely damaged the roof and a large door at a car dealership in Eustis. Trees also fell on a pickup truck.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindEustis$5,000Several trees were topped due to the passage of squalls associated with Hurricane Hermine. Trees and powerlines were reported downed from Tavares to Eustis to Mt. Dora.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindEustis$2,000Trees were blown down on Washington Avenue in Eustis.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindEustis$2,000Local law enforcement reported trees blown down on Washington Avenue in Eustis.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindEustis-Local broadcast media relayed reports of a large tree that fell on a house on West Crooked Lake Place in Eustis, and other large tree limbs were down on adjacent properties.
June 2015HailEustis-Several reports of dime to quarter sized hail across Eustis and Mount Dora were received via social media.
October 2008HailEustis-Nickel size hail was reported.
October 2006HailEustis-Nickel size hail was reported in Eustis.
May 2003HailEustis-no account filed
September 2000HailEustis-no account filed
October 1996Tornado (F0)Eustis-no account filed

Every storm 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 Homer1.8 miles12
Fort Mason1.9 miles14
Dona Vista2.9 miles14
Grand Island3.1 miles14
Harbor Shores3.4 miles12
Oakland Park3.4 miles12
Mid Florida Lakes3.8 miles12
Tavares4.0 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 EustisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q988940The 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 305645. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.