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Royal, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Wildwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34785. The Survey maps it on the Oxford quadrangle.

Royal within Sumter County

Then and now

1893 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Royal, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Royal, surveyed 1893

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On record in Royal

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Royal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 941 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 3 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 burning14
Natural10
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes1
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
18 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHOBO FIRE 1129
4 July 2019Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCYPRESS TREE (60)
19 July 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service60/HIGHWAY FIRE/0889
18 July 2016Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNW 14TH TERRACE (60)
8 June 2014Natural10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOAK HILL [60]
7 June 2008Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service60/LOW BRANCH FIRE/0575
3 June 1999Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 June 2020Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSOUTHBOUND (60)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Storms near this place

6 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Royal in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 2 tornado, 2 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 15 injuries. 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
February 2007Tornado (EF3)Royal15 hurt, $62,000,000The tornado first touched down near the southeast corner of The Villages south of Lake Miona and moved rapidly to the east northeast at 55 MPH into Lake County. A FEMA report to Sumter County emergency management officials detailed damage to 1,145 homes with 200 destroyed during the 6 minutes the tornado was on the ground. A National Weather Service storm survey estimated maximum winds of 140 MPH. No fatalities were recorded in Sumter County and 15 injuries is a rough estimate.
March 2011LightningRoyal$125,000A lightning strike started a house fire on the 9500 block of County Road 125C just southwest of Lake Miona.
June 2019LightningRoyal$20,000A lightning strike struck a home on Kyrle Terrace in The Villages, causing roof damage to the garage and living room.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRoyal$15,000EM reported tree downed onto house with partial roof removal.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindRoyal$5,000Sumter County Emergency Management reported a large tree down on a RV camper at Lake Panasoffkee.
January 2011Tornado (EF0)Royal-The public took a picture of a tornado in an open field. There was no damage.

Every storm recorded in Sumter 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
Long Hammock2.3 miles18
Moreland Park2.8 miles18
Wildwood3.6 miles19
Oxford3.8 miles18
Monarch4.7 miles19
Carlson6.7 miles19
Coleman6.7 miles19
Panacoochee Retreats6.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 290024. 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.

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.