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Hawthorne, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Howey-in-the-Hills-Okahumpka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34748. It stands on Palatlakaha River. The Survey maps it on the Leesburg East quadrangle.

Hawthorne 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 Hawthorne, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Hawthorne, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Hawthorne between 1992 and 2020, burning about 860 acres in total. 11 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 maintenance24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural11
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
8 August 2020Debris and open burning5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCLEARWATER (35)
8 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Service35/BLOOMFIELD FIRE/0604
27 August 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 July 2000Natural2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 July 1999Natural3.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 July 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 July 1999Natural2.0 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hawthorne: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin. 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
Florida China Clay Company PitKaolinPast Producer

Every working 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
Okahumpka (historical)1.6 miles14
Okahumpka1.6 miles10
Cisky Park2.6 miles12
Sunnyside3.2 miles12
Eldorado3.4 miles12
Leesburg3.4 miles14
Yalaha3.7 miles11
Pumpkin Center3.7 miles11

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 Q49353554The 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 1867151. 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.