Lake Apopka, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Apopka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32703. The Survey maps it on the Winter Garden quadrangle.
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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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
- 1956 USGS Winter Garden quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Lake Apopka between 1992 and 2019, burning about 391 acres in total. None 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 maintenance | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | JUNE BUG (48) |
| 23 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CLARKE (48) |
| 23 July 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Florida Forest Service | MEADOWS (48) |
| 24 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GUMBALL (04) |
| 2 June 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 May 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Apopka in 2 storm reports between 2003 and 2012: 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Lake Apopka | - | A citizen videotaped a waterspout over Lake Apopka for several minutes as it moved northeast from near the center of the lake toward the northeast shore. A short time later, several citizens located a few miles northeast of the lake observed the waterspout move onshore and track across the rural Lake Apopka Restoration Area before dissipating. |
| June 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Lake Apopka | - | Local law enforcement and the general public reported a funnel cloud over Lake Apopka. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Heights | 0.1 miles | 14 | |
| Fullers | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Clarcona | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Crown Point | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| South Apopka | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Ocoee | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Apopka | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Piedmont | 4.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 299947. 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.
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.





