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Lady Lake, Florida

13 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 32159. The Survey maps it on the Lady Lake quadrangle. 15,970 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 85 feet above sea level.

Lady Lake 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 Lady Lake, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Lady Lake, surveyed 1955

Population over time

2 figures

Lady Lake grew from 13,926 to 15,970 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
201013,926
202015,970+2,044 (+15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

83 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Lady Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 707 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 maintenance27
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
24 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1993Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 42 (42)
4 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 1997Debris and open burning50 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 Lady Lake: 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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

15 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lady Lake in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 8 deaths and 11 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
February 2007Tornado (EF3)Lady Lake8 killed, 10 hurt, $52,000,000The the tornado that moved out of Sumter County, crossed into Lake County just west of Lady Lake. The one quarter mile wide, F3 tornado moved across the Lady Lake area killing 8 people and injuring 10. The tornado damaged 180 residences and destroyed 101. All of the fatalities were in mobile homes. Moving east northeast at 50 MPH, the tornado lifted near Emrald Marsh Lake.
June 1998LightningLady Lake1 hurtA 65 year old woman was struck and knocked unconscious by lightning while entering her home through a sliding glass door.
July 2008LightningLady Lake$431,000Lightning started a fire that destroyed a home and an antique car in the Lake Griffen area.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindLady Lake$10,000Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines and damaged the roof of a mobile home in the Bassville and The Villages area near Lady Lake.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindLady Lake$500Emergency management reported the metal roof of a carport was torn off a carport from a home on Lake Ella Rd.
May 2020HailLady Lake-Airplane pilot reported penny sized hail in Lady Lake.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindLady Lake-A strong thunderstorm along a decaying squall line produced localized wind damage in the town of Lady Lake. Several trees were snapped off or uprooted and many large tree limbs were downed across three adjacent large properties. Only minor structural damage reported, with aluminum fascia torn off the edge of a roof. About a mile west of this location, a fence was blown down.
September 2017FloodLady Lake-Rainbands associated with Hurricane Irma produced rainfall totals between 8 and 12 inches, resulting in areas of urban and poor drainage flooding. Numerous roadways were impacted by significant levels of standing water and many retention ponds reached capacity or overflowed.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindLady Lake-Severe thunderstorm winds partially peeled off the roof of a mobile home and scattered debris along Cindy Drive in The Villages. Nearby, on Water Tower Circle, a large diameter tree was snapped about three feet above the ground.
September 2011Funnel CloudLady Lake-Several public reports of a short-lived funnel cloud were received from near Lady Lake. Multiple photos were obtained and showed that the funnel cloud did not come in contact with the ground. No injuries or damage occurred.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindLady Lake-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and damaged roofs of homes in the Villages area in Lady Lake.
January 1995Thunderstorm WindLady Lake-Severe thunderstorm winds blew down two trees in Lady Lake.
May 2003HailLady Lake-no account filed
May 1999HailLady Lake-no account filed
May 1996HailLady Lake-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
Recreation Plantation Resort0.7 miles13
Conant1.4 miles13
Orange Blossom Hills South1.5 miles13
Carlton Village2.2 miles13
Fruitland Park4.0 miles14
Montclair6.6 miles14
Whitney7.0 miles14
Orange Bend7.6 miles12

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 Lady LakeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q972057The 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 285202. 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.