Lake Geneva, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Keystone Heights census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32656. The Survey maps it on the Keystone Heights quadrangle. It stands 135 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1941 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 52 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
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1941 USGS Starke quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Starke quadrangle1:50000
- 1949 USGS Keystone Heights quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Starke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Keystone Heights quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
318 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 318 fires within 5 miles of Lake Geneva between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,492 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 86 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-07-1076 |
| 18 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HALL LAKE FIRE |
| 17 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PUTNAM/BALL FIELD FIRE |
| 9 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Florida Forest Service | BASS BOAT FIRE 2006-07-0272 |
| 31 August 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lake Geneva: 4 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Clay, Kaolin, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Co Board of Co Comm. - Twin Lakes Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Florida Rock Industries - Goldhead Mine | Titanium-Heavy Minerals | Producer | Ilmenite, Leucoxene, Rutile, Zircon, Kyanite | |
| Foremost Clay Mine | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Head Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Floirda Rock Industries - Grandin Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Florida Rock Industries, Inc. - Grandin | Sand | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Geneva in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 heavy rain, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Lightning | Lake Geneva | 1 hurt, $1,000,000 | A 67 year old male was struck by lightning on his front porch along Acadia Street in Keystone Heights, near Lake Geneva. The time of the event was based on lightning data. Shed was burned down which caused over $1M in damage to vintage cars and motorcycles. |
| July 2025 | Lightning | Lake Geneva | $2,000 | Lightning struck a tree and the discharge traveled along the ground and burnt down a nearby shed along Brush Hill Lane. A video was relayed via social media. Time was estimated by radar and the cost of damage was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Geneva | $2,000 | Trained spotter reported a damaging microburst with damage to tin roofs on a pump house and a chicken coop. The tin roofs were blown off and twisted. Two large branches from oak trees were snapped. Cost of damage was estimated. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Geneva | $1,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Geneva | $500 | A tin roof over a pump house was damaged and small tree limbs were snapped by thunderstorm winds. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in StormData. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Geneva | $400 | Large trees were blown down. |
| September 2024 | Heavy Rain | Lake Geneva | - | A personal weather station WB4EN - KFLLAKEG2 | measured 3.5 inches of rain. Rain began | around 445 PM. Surrounding sites measured 2 | to 3 inches. |
| January 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Lake Geneva | - | A funnel cloud was observed over Lake Geneva. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Lake Geneva | - | A mesonet site measured 4.11 inches of storm total rainfall. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Geneva | - | Nine trees and power lines were blown down along Oak Drive. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Lake Geneva | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone Heights | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Loch Lommond | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Park of the Palms | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Belmore | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Kingsley Village | 13.8 miles | 17 | |
| Kingsley Beach | 14.3 miles | 13 | |
| Kingsley | 14.5 miles | 13 | |
| Penney Farms | 17.8 miles | 14 |
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 Lake Geneva | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6475928 | 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 285243. 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.








