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Mascotte, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Groveland-Mascotte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34736. The Survey maps it on the Mascotte quadrangle. 6,609 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 135 feet above sea level.

Mascotte within Lake County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

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 Mascotte, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Mascotte, surveyed 1955

Population over time

2 figures

Mascotte grew from 5,101 to 6,609 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20105,101
20206,609+1,508 (+30%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Mascotte between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,485 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 11 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 burning36
Railroad operations and maintenance35
Natural19
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service35/TWIN LAKES/0956
29 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service35/CARTER ISLAND FIRE/1006
15 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceINDIGO RD (35)
12 August 1999Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 July 1999Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mascotte: 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Clermont West MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteProspect
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteProspect
Unnamed Peat DepositDiatomiteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lake County

Storms near this place

8 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mascotte in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2011Thunderstorm WindMascotte$500,000Region of sporadic straight-line wind damage approximately 1.5 miles in length. Between 12 and 25 homes with structural damage, two with major damage and most others consisting of minor damage. Many homes were damaged due to falling trees or tree branches onto roofs. Radar indicated severe squall line with bow echo feature crossing the region of damage.
January 2019Thunderstorm WindMascotte$250,000A NWS storm survey confirmed a very intense straight-line wind event occurred in Mascotte-Groveland, as a portion of a strong squall line (bow echo) accelerated east to northeast across southern Lake County. Peak winds were estimated between 75 and 95 mph, along a 1.5 mile swath, with a damage width of 350 yards. The area of damaging winds began in extreme east-central Sumter County and continued northeast into Lake County, crossing Tuscanooga Road near Honeycut Road. Preliminary damage estimates in Lake County indicate five homes and a church were damaged, with one of the homes being destroyed. Numerous trees were snapped and some were also uprooted.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindMascotte$14,000A large oak tree was toppled onto a home by severe winds on Florida Avenue in Mascotte as squalls associated with a far outer rainband of Hurricane Hermine affected the area. Damage to trees and powerlines was reported within Mascotte, Groveland and Clermont.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindMascotte$1,000Emergency manager reports a tree down near Bay Lake Ave and State Road 50 in Mascotte.
April 2023HailMascotte$500Trained spotter reported golf ball size hail and neighbors reporting damage to windows.
April 2023HailMascotte-Emergency manager reported base ball size hail near Mascotte.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindMascotte-Severe thunderstorm winds downed multiple large tree limbs.
July 2003HailMascotte-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lake 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
Groveland2.3 miles11
Slones Ridge3.1 miles10
Tuscannoga4.3 miles10
Clermont6.4 miles11
Bay Lake7.0 miles11
Minneola7.5 miles13
South Clermont8.2 miles11
Mohawk8.3 miles13

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.

Wikipedia article on MascotteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2153730The 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 286499. 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.