BlockForest Lakes Park, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the East Marion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32179. The Survey maps it on the Lake Mary quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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
- 1972 USGS Lake Mary quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Lake Mary quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
311 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 311 fires within 5 miles of Forest Lakes Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,229 acres in total. 58 started naturally. 30 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 79 |
| Natural | 58 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
| 26 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | TOMAHAWK 3 |
| 18 September 2018 | Natural | 1.4 acres | National Forests in Florida | CLAY |
| 1 September 2014 | Natural | 3.4 acres | National Forests in Florida | MUD PRAIRIE 13 |
| 9 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | WELLS POND |
| 8 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | not named |
| 31 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | BOMBONG RANGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Forest Lakes Park: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Bluff | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| East Silver Springs Shore | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Woods and Lakes | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Coronado Pines | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Electra | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Big Scrub | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Ocklawaha | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| East Lake Weir | 5.5 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.
| Wikidata item Q122589139 | 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 306938. 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.