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Lakeside, Florida

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Southwest Leon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32305. The Survey maps it on the Tallahassee quadrangle.

Lakeside within Leon County

Then and now

1940 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lakeside, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Lakeside, surveyed 1940

Compare 1940 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

141 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Lakeside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,709 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 33 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
Arson/incendiarism33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning21
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePALMERS PARK PL (37)
27 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCOBBLESTONE LN *NOV* (37)-0581
7 August 2014Smoking3.5 acresNational Forests in FloridaPOWERLINE
25 August 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaMAYS GRAY
12 August 1995Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaGLOVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leon 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 Lakeside: 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Leon 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
Henrietta1.6 miles19
Belair1.7 miles19
Four Points2.0 miles19
Lutterloh4.1 miles17
Tallahassee4.4 miles19
Woodville5.1 miles14
Spring Hill5.3 miles16
Lafayette5.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305926. 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.