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.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresMascotte 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,101 | |
| 2020 | 6,609 | +1,508 (+30%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Mascotte quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
147 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 36 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 35 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 35/TWIN LAKES/0956 |
| 29 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 35/CARTER ISLAND FIRE/1006 |
| 15 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | INDIGO RD (35) |
| 12 August 1999 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 1999 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clermont West Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Deposit | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Deposit | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Peat Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
8 since 2003Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascotte | $500,000 | Region 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascotte | $250,000 | A 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascotte | $14,000 | A 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascotte | $1,000 | Emergency manager reports a tree down near Bay Lake Ave and State Road 50 in Mascotte. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Mascotte | $500 | Trained spotter reported golf ball size hail and neighbors reporting damage to windows. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Mascotte | - | Emergency manager reported base ball size hail near Mascotte. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascotte | - | Severe thunderstorm winds downed multiple large tree limbs. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Mascotte | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groveland | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Slones Ridge | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Tuscannoga | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Clermont | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bay Lake | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Minneola | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| South Clermont | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Mohawk | 8.3 miles | 13 |
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 Mascotte | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2153730 | The 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.





