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South Clermont, Florida

11 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 Lake Nellie quadrangle.

South Clermont 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 South Clermont, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of South Clermont, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

119 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of South Clermont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,620 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 8 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 burning22
Equipment and vehicle use21
Railroad operations and maintenance21
Natural20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1

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
5 August 1999Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 1993Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1993Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 1998Debris and open burning6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 August 2009Debris and open burning1.3 acresFlorida Forest Service35/PRETTY LAKE FIRE/0869

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of South Clermont: 4 producers, 2 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, Diatomite. 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
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteProspect
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteProspect
Center Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clermont MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clermont West MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Florida Crushed Stone - Tulley MineSandProducer
Tarmac Amercia, Inc. - Center Sand MineSandUnknown
Tarmac-Florida Silver Sand MineSandProducer

Every working recorded in Lake County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Clermont in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2013: 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 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
July 2009LightningSouth Clermont2 hurtA lightning strike hit two men at a drop-off site for waste and recyclables in Clermont. Both men were injured, but one who was standing in the bed of a pickup truck dropping off debris was seriously injured. He sustained a direct lightning strike and was unconscious when paramedics arrived. Both men were taken to a local hospital.
May 2013HailSouth Clermont-A weather spotter observed nickel sized hail falling near Lake Louisa.
March 2013HailSouth Clermont-Quarter size hail fell for 10 minutes within Lake Louisia State Park near Clermont.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindSouth Clermont-Large shed destroyed by wind. Several pool screen enclosures damaged, fences damaged.

Every storm 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
Orange Mountain2.8 miles13
Clermont3.5 miles11
Minneola5.4 miles13
Mohawk5.6 miles13
Skytop5.6 miles13
Castle Hill5.7 miles13
Groveland5.9 miles11
Roan6.1 miles13

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 Q122595602The 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 294929. 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.

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.