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Skytop, 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.

Skytop 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 Skytop, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Skytop, 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

171 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Skytop between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,156 acres in total. 11 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 maintenance44
Equipment and vehicle use37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Smoking15
Debris and open burning14
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Fireworks1
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
20 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1996Debris and open burning42 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 1993Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1993Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 2000Railroad operations and maintenance2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 July 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida 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 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Skytop: 9 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 9 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
Highway PitClayProducer
Center Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clermont MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clermont MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tulley Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
E.R. Jahna Industries - Clermont MineSandProducer
Florida Crushed Stone - Tulley MineSandProducer
Florida Crushed Stone Co. - Pine Needle MineSandProducer
Silver Sand Co. - Center Sand MineSandProducer
Tarmac Amercia, Inc. - Center Sand MineSandUnknown

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
Mohawk0.8 miles13
Reavills Corner1.2 miles13
Waits Junction1.4 miles13
Minneola1.7 miles13
Montverde Junction1.8 miles13
Roan2.1 miles13
Castle Hill2.3 miles13
Montverde3.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295632. 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.