BlockMount Plymouth Lakes, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Apopka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32712. The Survey maps it on the Sorrento quadrangle.
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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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
- 1960 USGS Sorrento quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Mount Plymouth Lakes between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2,838 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 12 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 maintenance | 29 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Florida Forest Service | CHEVY(35) |
| 10 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SCRUB RD (48) |
| 9 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 775 acres | Florida Forest Service | SPRINGS (48) |
| 8 July 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2016 | Natural | 19 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROAD 433 (48) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mount Plymouth Lakes: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Plymouth Pit | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Plymouth Pit | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122541535 | 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 299941. 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.