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The Retreat at Twin Lakes, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sanford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32771. The Survey maps it on the Sanford quadrangle.

The Retreat at Twin Lakes within Seminole 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 The Retreat at Twin Lakes, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of The Retreat at Twin Lakes, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of The Retreat at Twin Lakes between 1992 and 2019, burning about 940 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 5 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 maintenance35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural14
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 July 2004Natural40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 1993Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 July 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceNOWHERE (59)
17 July 2019Natural40 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCOWBOY. (59)
15 July 2016Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBIG BEAR (59)
10 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 June 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 June 1998Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole 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 The Retreat at Twin Lakes: 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Seminole 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
New Upsala0.8 miles14
Lock Arbor0.8 miles14
Ravenna Park1.2 miles14
Greenbriar1.3 miles14
Woodruff Springs1.3 miles14
Saint Josephs1.4 miles14
Wilson Place1.6 miles14
Crystal Point1.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2724364. 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.