Lake Pickett, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the East Orange census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32820. The Survey maps it on the Bithlo quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 26 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1953 against another survey:
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.
- 1953 USGS Bithlo quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 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
278 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Lake Pickett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,869 acres in total. 81 started naturally. 37 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 81 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 49 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | COLONIAL (48) |
| 8 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SWEET LEAF (48) |
| 6 August 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Pickett in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 5 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Lake Pickett | $8,000 | Broadcast media relayed video of a brief waterspout over a lake in the Waterford Lakes area. The spout was very brief, but did move onshore, causing minor roof damage to shingles. |
| May 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Lake Pickett | - | Public observed funnel cloud looking south about 5 miles from his location which had dissipated just prior to the report. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Lake Pickett | - | Public report of quarter size hail near East Lake Elementary School, northeast of the University of Central Florida. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Lake Pickett | - | A CoCoRaHS observer (FL-OR-23) north of Bithlo, near Lake Pickett, observed walnut sized hail. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Lake Pickett | - | A public citizen observed hail up to penny sized in diameter near Lake Pickett. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Lake Pickett | - | Penny size hail on Chuluota Road in Bithlo. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lake Pickett | - | Golfball size hail was reported near Bithlo. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockwood | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bithlo | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| University Park | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Alafaya | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Christmas | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Wedgefield | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Union Park | 9.0 miles | 14 | |
| Tala Apopka (historical) | 9.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 299951. 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.





