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.
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.


Population over time
2 figuresLady 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13,926 | |
| 2020 | 15,970 | +2,044 (+15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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
- 1966 USGS Lady Lake quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional 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 maintenance | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 60/PELZER/1060 |
| 24 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HIGHWAY 42 (42) |
| 4 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 50 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 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Peat - Cherry Lake Pit | Peat | Producer | Peat | |
| John E. Loy - Loy's Pit | Peat | Producer | Peat | |
| Hewitt Contracting Company, Inc. - Hewitt Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Logan Sitework Contractiors, Inc. - Logan Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Logan Sitework Contractors, Inc. - Logan Sand & Clay Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
15 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2007 | Tornado (EF3) | Lady Lake | 8 killed, 10 hurt, $52,000,000 | The 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 1998 | Lightning | Lady Lake | 1 hurt | A 65 year old woman was struck and knocked unconscious by lightning while entering her home through a sliding glass door. |
| July 2008 | Lightning | Lady Lake | $431,000 | Lightning started a fire that destroyed a home and an antique car in the Lake Griffen area. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lady Lake | $10,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lady Lake | $500 | Emergency management reported the metal roof of a carport was torn off a carport from a home on Lake Ella Rd. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Lady Lake | - | Airplane pilot reported penny sized hail in Lady Lake. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lady 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 2017 | Flood | Lady 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lady 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 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Lady 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lady Lake | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and damaged roofs of homes in the Villages area in Lady Lake. |
| January 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lady Lake | - | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down two trees in Lady Lake. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Lady Lake | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lady Lake | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Lady Lake | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recreation Plantation Resort | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Conant | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Orange Blossom Hills South | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Carlton Village | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Fruitland Park | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Montclair | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Whitney | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Orange Bend | 7.6 miles | 12 |
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 Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q972057 | 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 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.





