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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.

Groveland 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 Groveland, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Groveland, surveyed 1955

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

Population over time

2 figures

Groveland 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.

YearPeople Change
20108,729
202018,505+9,776 (+112%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

143 since 1992

Regional 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 maintenance35
Debris and open burning35
Natural26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service35/TWIN LAKES/0956
29 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service35/CARTER ISLAND FIRE/1006
15 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1999Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 July 1992Natural60 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 July 1999Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 July 1999Natural3.0 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
E.R. Jahna Industries - Clermont West MineSandProducer
Clermont MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clermont West MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteProspect
Unnamed Peat DepositDiatomiteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lake County

Storms near this place

11 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2005LightningGroveland1 hurtA 23 year old man was injured by lightning while clearing trees.
August 1997LightningGroveland1 hurtA 33 year old golfer was seriously injured when he was struck by lightning.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindGroveland$10,000Severe thunderstorms blew down power lines and large tree limbs in Gorveland.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindGroveland$2,000Emergency 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 2008Thunderstorm WindGroveland$1,000Lake County Emergency Management reported trees down on Main Street.
June 2014HailGroveland-Public report of quarter sized hail, relayed by local media.
February 2008Funnel CloudGroveland-Groveland Police sighted three funnel clouds with one possible touchdown 5 miles southwest of their location. No damage was reported.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindGroveland-A trained spotter and numerous others reported wind gusts to 60 mph in the Groveland area.
July 2002Funnel CloudGroveland-Lake County sheriff's office reported a funnel cloud south of Groveland.
October 1997Thunderstorm WindGroveland-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees south of S.R. 50 just east of Groveland.
June 1999HailGroveland-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
Mascotte2.3 miles10
Clermont4.2 miles11
Slones Ridge5.2 miles10
Minneola5.7 miles13
South Clermont5.9 miles11
Bay Lake6.3 miles11
Mohawk6.5 miles13
Tuscannoga6.6 miles10

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 GrovelandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2153697The 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.