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Fruitland Park, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Fruitland Park-Lady Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34731. The Survey maps it on the Leesburg West quadrangle. 8,325 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 108 feet above sea level.

Fruitland Park 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 Fruitland Park, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Fruitland Park, surveyed 1955

On record in Fruitland Park

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 3 records

Population over time

3 figures

Fruitland Park grew from 3,186 to 8,325 between 2000 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
20003,186
20104,078+892 (+28%)
20208,325+4,247 (+104%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Fruitland Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 405 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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 maintenance23
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
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
9 September 1999Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresFlorida Forest Service60/PELZER/1060
2 September 1993Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service35/WOODGATE FIRE/0994
20 July 1996Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fruitland Park: 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Peat. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Lake County

Storms near this place

13 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fruitland Park in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 6 injuries. 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
June 2001LightningFruitland Park5 hurtFive teenage boys were injured as they passed by a large tree that was struck by lightning. All five were knocked to the ground and were transported by ambulance to a local hospital. One boy received a serious cut on his neck from flying chips of wood when the tree was struck. The other four received minor injuries.
June 2000LightningFruitland Park1 hurtA 31 year old Fruitland Park man was struck and injured by lightning while he was in his home. The lightning apparently came through a glass window and struck the man. He was knocked unconscious and transported to a local hospital.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindFruitland Park$30,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and severly damaged the roof of a house.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindFruitland Park$30,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and severly damaged the roof of a house.
September 2016Tornado (EF0)Fruitland Park$22,000Emergency Management officials provided detailed wind damage reports which occurred along a 4.35 mile long south-to-north path from Fruitland Park to Lady Lake, parallel to and just west of U.S. Highway 441. The damage consisted mainly of downed trees, branches and powerlines, although two homes in Lady Lake sustained structural damage due to falling trees. The most significant damage occurred on the east side of the tornado track, due to the rapid storm motion of 60 mph. The discontinuous damage path began near the College Avenue and W Miller Street in Fruitland Park and ended in Lady Lake, about midway between the Recreation Plantation RV Resort and Highway 441. A review of all available data suggests that the wind damage was likely the result of a EF-0 tornado (winds estimated 70-75 mph). Isolated tree damage south and north of the tornado track was likely due to strong straight-line winds associated with the cell. DI2, DOD1, EXP; DI27, DOD2, EXP; DI27, DOD3, LB.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindFruitland Park$500Lake County Emergency Management reported a couple of fallen trees and minor structural damage in Fruitland Park. Large tree branches blocked a portion of Linmar Ave and Spring Lake Rd. Time estimated via radar.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindFruitland Park-A trained weather spotter reported that wind downed thick trees and that shingle and soffit damage occurred to several homes near Ulrick Street in Fruitland Acres. Photographs were also received of roof damage to a nearby church. The wind damage likely resulted from a microburst.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindFruitland Park-Lake County Emergency Management reported several trees downed by thunderstorm winds in Fruitland Park. The tree damage occurred along Sail Fish Avenue, Robin Drive, and Old Hickory Lane.
May 2016HailFruitland Park-A trained weather spotter observed nickel sized hail falling in Groveland as a strong thunderstorm moved quickly east across the region.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindFruitland Park-Penny sized hail fell at Timbertop Nursery in Fruitland Park.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindFruitland Park-Thunderstorm winds turned over a large shed and blew down a tree in Fruitland Park.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindFruitland Park-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and destroyed a shed in Fruitland Park.
April 2005HailFruitland Park-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
Montclair2.8 miles14
Whitney3.5 miles14
Leesburg3.8 miles14
Lady Lake4.0 miles13
Recreation Plantation Resort4.3 miles13
Carlton Village5.0 miles13
Orange Blossom Hills South5.1 miles13
Conant5.4 miles13

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 Fruitland ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q604797The 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 282844. 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.