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Loch Lommond, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Keystone Heights census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32656. It stands on Alligator Creek. The Survey maps it on the Keystone Heights quadrangle.

Loch Lommond within Clay County

Then and now

1941 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 52 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Loch Lommond, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Loch Lommond, surveyed 1941

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

251 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 251 fires within 5 miles of Loch Lommond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,126 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 24 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
Debris and open burning68
Railroad operations and maintenance57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use24
Arson/incendiarism24
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Natural16
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-07-1076
18 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHALL LAKE FIRE
15 September 1995Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBASS BOAT FIRE 2006-07-0272
23 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBOWDOIN FIRE 2006-07-0286
10 August 2012Natural18 acresFlorida Forest Service21 SOUTH (04)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay 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 Loch Lommond: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium. 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
Clay Co Board of Co Comm. - Twin Lakes MineClayUnknown
Florida Rock Industries - Goldhead MineTitanium-Heavy MineralsProducerIlmenite, Leucoxene, Rutile, Zircon, Kyanite
Foremost Clay MineKaolinPast Producer
Gold Head MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Titanium DepositTitaniumProspect

Every working recorded in Clay 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
Keystone Heights1.4 miles16
Park of the Palms1.5 miles16
Lake Geneva2.0 miles16
Belmore8.4 miles13
Kingsley Village11.8 miles17
Kingsley Beach12.3 miles13
Kingsley12.5 miles13
Penney Farms16.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295412. 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.