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Montclair, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Leesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34748. It lies near Stoer Island. The Survey maps it on the Leesburg West quadrangle.

Montclair 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 Montclair, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Montclair, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Montclair between 1992 and 2020, burning about 448 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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 maintenance22
Equipment and vehicle use16
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
9 September 1999Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 2004Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBLUE STREAK/0645
20 July 1996Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 July 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake 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 Montclair: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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 Lake County

Storms near this place

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montclair in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMontclair$1,000Numerous branches were downed in Leesburg from a thunderstorm producing winds estimated near 50 mph.
July 2025Flash FloodMontclair-Law enforcement reported multiple intersections with flooding, many of which down to one lane due to high water.

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
Whitney1.2 miles14
Leesburg2.2 miles14
Fruitland Park2.8 miles14
Okahumpka (historical)3.9 miles14
Cisky Park4.0 miles12
Sunnyside4.6 miles12
Hawthorne4.8 miles12
Eldorado5.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 287076. 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.