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Seminole Springs, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Umatilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32736. It lies near Live Oak Hammock. The Survey maps it on the Sorrento quadrangle.

Seminole Springs 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 Seminole Springs, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Seminole Springs, 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

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Seminole Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,509 acres in total. 29 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
Railroad operations and maintenance33
Debris and open burning29
Natural29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
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
2 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCHEVY(35)
14 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2020Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSNAG (35)
10 August 2012Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCHERYL LANE (35)
10 August 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 July 2000Natural3.9 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Seminole Springs: 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free. 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
Eustis MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Eustis Sand Co. - Eustis MineSandProducer
Florida Potting Soils - Florida Potting Soils PitPeatProducerPeat
Lake County DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, FreeProspect1960

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
Mount Plymouth2.6 miles13
Sorrento3.2 miles13
Seneca4.1 miles13
Cassia4.5 miles13
Ethel5.4 miles13
Dublin6.5 miles12
Wekiva6.6 miles13
Dalhousie Acres6.7 miles14

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 Q122546453The 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 295611. 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.