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Georges Lake, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Interlachen-Florahome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32140. The Survey maps it on the Rice Creek quadrangle.

Georges Lake within Putnam County

Then and now

1942 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Georges Lake, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Georges Lake, surveyed 1942

Compare 1942 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

247 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Georges Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,644 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 12 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 maintenance60
Natural45
Debris and open burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Equipment and vehicle use33
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4

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
5 September 2011Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBOAT RAMP RD.(54)
5 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1993Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-07-1076
18 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHALL LAKE FIRE
30 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(10) CAMPO ROAD
25 August 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Georges Lake: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Peat. 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
Traxler Peat - Florahome MinePeatProducerPeat

Every working recorded in Putnam 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
Florahome4.3 miles21
Grandin5.3 miles21
Baywood5.8 miles21
Putnam Hall6.2 miles21
Carraway7.3 miles21
Bardin9.4 miles17
Cooper L Hills Estates10.1 miles21
Melrose11.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 307287. 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.