Groveland, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Groveland-Mascotte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34736. It lies near Edges Island. The Survey maps it on the Clermont West quadrangle. 18,505 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 102 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The 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.


On record in Groveland
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 1 record
Edge Houselisted 2006
Population over time
2 figuresGroveland grew from 8,729 to 18,505 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8,729 | |
| 2020 | 18,505 | +9,776 (+112%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Clermont West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
143 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Groveland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,486 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 10 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 maintenance | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 35/TWIN LAKES/0956 |
| 29 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 35/CARTER ISLAND FIRE/1006 |
| 15 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 1999 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 July 1992 | Natural | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 July 1999 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Groveland: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E.R. Jahna Industries - Clermont West Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Clermont Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clermont West Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Deposit | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Peat Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Groveland in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 hail, 2 funnel cloud. The reports record 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2005 | Lightning | Groveland | 1 hurt | A 23 year old man was injured by lightning while clearing trees. |
| August 1997 | Lightning | Groveland | 1 hurt | A 33 year old golfer was seriously injured when he was struck by lightning. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveland | $10,000 | Severe thunderstorms blew down power lines and large tree limbs in Gorveland. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveland | $2,000 | Emergency manager reports a tree down near South Lake Ave and East Swanson St. Also reported a tree down near South Illinois Ave and East Sunset St. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveland | $1,000 | Lake County Emergency Management reported trees down on Main Street. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Groveland | - | Public report of quarter sized hail, relayed by local media. |
| February 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Groveland | - | Groveland Police sighted three funnel clouds with one possible touchdown 5 miles southwest of their location. No damage was reported. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveland | - | A trained spotter and numerous others reported wind gusts to 60 mph in the Groveland area. |
| July 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Groveland | - | Lake County sheriff's office reported a funnel cloud south of Groveland. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveland | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees south of S.R. 50 just east of Groveland. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Groveland | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mascotte | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Clermont | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Slones Ridge | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Minneola | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| South Clermont | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Bay Lake | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Mohawk | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Tuscannoga | 6.6 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.
| Wikipedia article on Groveland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2153697 | 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 283474. 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.





