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.
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.


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.
Blandfordlisted 2007 · 0.9 miles away
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 Astatula quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional 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 maintenance | 26 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 35/LAST RANCH FIRE/0865 |
| 20 August 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2012 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | SHIRLEY SHORES(35) |
| 8 July 2017 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | FUDGE(48) |
| 6 July 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 1999 | Natural | 1.0 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astatula Sand Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Coddings Sand and Sail Inc. | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Deposit | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Codding Sand and Soil Co. - Codding Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Florida Rock Industries, Inc - Astatula Mine | Sand | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellsworth Junction | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Dublin | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Oakland Park | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Dora | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Astatula | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Tavares | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Lane Park | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Clay Island | 5.9 miles | 13 |
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 Q122555199 | 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 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.





