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Orange Mountain, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Clermont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34711. The Survey maps it on the Clermont East quadrangle.

Orange Mountain 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 Orange Mountain, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Orange Mountain, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Orange Mountain between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,192 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 7 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
Equipment and vehicle use27
Railroad operations and maintenance26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning12
Natural11
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1992Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1996Debris and open burning42 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 1993Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 1993Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use70 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROLLING HILLS (35)
17 August 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 1998Debris and open burning6.0 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

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Orange Mountain: 8 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Avalon PitClayPast Producer
Highway PitClayProducer
Center Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clermont MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tulley Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
E.R. Jahna Industries - Clermont MineSandProducer
Florida Crushed Stone - Tulley MineSandProducer
Silver Sand Co. - Center Sand MineSandProducer
Tarmac Amercia, Inc. - Center Sand MineSandUnknown
Tarmac-Florida Silver Sand MineSandProducer

Every working 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
South Clermont2.8 miles11
Castle Hill3.5 miles13
Roan4.0 miles13
Clermont4.3 miles11
Reavills Corner4.4 miles13
Skytop4.4 miles13
Montverde Junction4.5 miles13
Mohawk4.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294875. 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.