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.
Then and now
1893 to 1979The 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.


Compare 1893 against another survey:
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.
- Community of Royal Rural Historic Districtlisted 2026 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1893 USGS Panasoffkee quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Panasoffkee quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 14 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HOBO FIRE 1129 |
| 4 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CYPRESS TREE (60) |
| 19 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 60/HIGHWAY FIRE/0889 |
| 18 July 2016 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | NW 14TH TERRACE (60) |
| 8 June 2014 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | OAK HILL [60] |
| 7 June 2008 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 60/LOW BRANCH FIRE/0575 |
| 3 June 1999 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 June 2020 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SOUTHBOUND (60) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2007 | Tornado (EF3) | Royal | 15 hurt, $62,000,000 | The 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 2011 | Lightning | Royal | $125,000 | A lightning strike started a house fire on the 9500 block of County Road 125C just southwest of Lake Miona. |
| June 2019 | Lightning | Royal | $20,000 | A lightning strike struck a home on Kyrle Terrace in The Villages, causing roof damage to the garage and living room. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | $15,000 | EM reported tree downed onto house with partial roof removal. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | $5,000 | Sumter County Emergency Management reported a large tree down on a RV camper at Lake Panasoffkee. |
| January 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Royal | - | The public took a picture of a tornado in an open field. There was no damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Hammock | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Moreland Park | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Wildwood | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Oxford | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Monarch | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Carlson | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Coleman | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Panacoochee Retreats | 6.8 miles | 19 |
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.








