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Lake Jem, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Tavares census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32757. The Survey maps it on the Astatula quadrangle.

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

On record in Lake Jem

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Lake Jem between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,494 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 2 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 maintenance26
Natural20
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
18 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service35/LAST RANCH FIRE/0865
20 August 2000Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2012Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSHIRLEY SHORES(35)
8 July 2017Natural15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFUDGE(48)
6 July 1998Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 July 2002Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 July 1999Natural1.0 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lake Jem: 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Clay. 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
Astatula Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Coddings Sand and Sail Inc.ClayUnknown
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteProspect
Codding Sand and Soil Co. - Codding PitSandProducer
Florida Rock Industries, Inc - Astatula MineSandUnknown

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
Ellsworth Junction3.3 miles12
Dublin3.7 miles12
Oakland Park4.0 miles12
Mount Dora4.1 miles12
Astatula4.3 miles13
Tavares5.1 miles12
Lane Park5.1 miles12
Clay Island5.9 miles13

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 Q122555199The 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 285252. 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.