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Lake Weir, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Belleview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34491. The Survey maps it on the Lake Weir quadrangle.

Lake Weir within Marion County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

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 Weir, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Lake Weir, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

255 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Lake Weir between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,259 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 16 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 maintenance84
Equipment and vehicle use45
Debris and open burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural15
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
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
30 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 42 (42)
11 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service725
6 August 1997Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/25 FIRE
30 August 1997Debris and open burning50 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 August 2012Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 25 (42)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lake Weir: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Limestone, General. 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
Bedrock Resources - S.R. 42 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Boutwell Constr. Co. - Candler MineSandProducer
Loar's Excavating Co. - Loar's Sand MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Weir in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 8 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2003Thunderstorm WindLake Weir8 hurt8 persons injured when a 30 by 60 foot hospitality tent was blown over at The Villages retirement communities Nancy Lopez Golf Course. One person suffered serious facial injuries requiring transfer to a hospital in Orlando. Two dozen persons were trapped beneath the tent. Report supplemented from AP and CNN Reports.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindLake Weir$2,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2022Tornado (EF0)Lake Weir-A waterspout formed over Lake Wier and caused minor wind damage.
June 2022Funnel CloudLake Weir-A funnel cloud was observed from SE 175th lane in Summerfield, FL looking to the north. The funnel cloud was reported to be over Lake Weir.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLake Weir-Trees were blown down along 10896 SE 131st Lane. The time of the event was based on radar.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindLake Weir-no account filed
July 2003HailLake Weir-no account filed
March 1996HailLake Weir-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Orange Blossom Hills1.8 miles18
Sunset Harbor1.9 miles13
Summerfield2.6 miles17
Lake Weir (historical)3.5 miles10
Ocklawaha3.5 miles10
Candler3.8 miles10
Stanton4.2 miles13
East Lake Weir4.2 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 308565. 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.