Tooke Lake Junction, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Brooksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34601. The Survey maps it on the Brooksville quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1954 USGS Brooksville quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
- 1979 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Brooksville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
173 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Tooke Lake Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,858 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 13 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 maintenance | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2017 | Natural | 100 acres | Florida Forest Service | CAMPMINE RD(27) |
| 30 July 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 July 2007 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | 27/FOXFIRE/0807 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tooke Lake Junction: 1 plant, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Calcium, Clay, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooksville Lime Kiln | Calcium | Plant | ||
| Dot Dade City - Mason-Smith Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone | |
| Wayne Thomas Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Brooksville | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Brooksville | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Conrock | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| North Brooksville | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Powell | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Wiscon | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Garden Grove | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Camps | 4.7 miles | 16 |
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 Q122592841 | The 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 294948. 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.







