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One of 31 National Register listings published here for Lake County · listed in 2021 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
William Alfred Suggs Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5277
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1955.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 855 West Desoto St., Clermont, 34711
- When was it listed? March 2021
- Category. building
- Census division. Clermont
- National Register reference number. 100005386 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
166 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of William Alfred Suggs Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5277 between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,340 acres in total. 17 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 | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 42 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 1999 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 1993 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 July 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of William Alfred Suggs Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5277: 6 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clermont Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clermont West Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| E.R. Jahna Industries - Clermont Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| E.R. Jahna Industries - Clermont West Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Florida Crushed Stone - Tulley Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Florida Crushed Stone Co. - Pine Needle Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Tarmac Amercia, Inc. - Center Sand Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Tarmac-Florida Silver Sand Mine | Sand | Producer |
Storms near this property
30 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clermont, the town this property stands in, in 30 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 13 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Lightning | South Clermont | 2 hurt | A 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. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Clermont | $85,000 | Heavy rains in December and January continued to produce flooding of low lying areas in the Clermont area of Lake County. Four mobile homes were flooded in a mobile home park. |
| April 2013 | Debris Flow | Clermont | $75,000 | Rainfall of 3 to 4 inches in a short period of time, associated with a strong thunderstorm, caused a steep 30 foot section of ground adjacent to State Road 50 in Clermont to slide into a home. The mudslide destroyed a home on Sunnyside Drive. Mud several feet high entered the home. The drainage system in the area was designed several decades ago and could not handle the excessive rain rate. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clermont | $65,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Clermont | $50,000 | An F0 tornado touched down briefly in Clermont blowing down trees and slightly damaging four homes. |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clermont | $30,000 | Winds from a severe thunderstorm blew down two large oak trees destroying a pool screen and damaging the roof of a house. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clermont | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees and damaged covered boat docks at a marina near Clermont. |
| August 2001 | Lightning | Clermont | $3,000 | Lightning struck a house in Clermont putting a three foot hole in the roof. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clermont | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a sign that struck a vehicle in southern Lake County. Large tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Clermont. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clermont | $1,000 | Emergency manager reports a tree down near Linden St and Chestnut St. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clermont | $500 | Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted trees and blew outdoor furniture into a swimming pool. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Clermont | - | A citizen photographed a brief (landspout) tornado in an open construction field in Clermont. The report and photo was relayed by local media. No damage occurred. |
| May 2013 | Hail | South Clermont | - | A weather spotter observed nickel sized hail falling near Lake Louisa. |
| March 2013 | Hail | South Clermont | - | Quarter size hail fell for 10 minutes within Lake Louisia State Park near Clermont. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Clermont | - | Large shed destroyed by wind. Several pool screen enclosures damaged, fences damaged. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clermont | - | A tree blew down across Highway SR 33. |
| February 1998 | Tornado (F3) | Clermont | - | The second tornado of the outbreak touched down in Lake County just east of Lake Louisa along Highway 27. It moved northeast at 45 mph through a rural area blowing down trees but otherwise causing little property damage. At 11:41 pm the tornado moved into Orange County. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Clermont | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Clermont | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Clermont | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Clermont | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Clermont | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Clermont | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Clermont | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Clermont | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Clermont | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Clermont | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Clermont | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Clermont | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Clermont | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
6 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Clermont West quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings
Listed places nearby
3 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Clermont Woman's Club | 0.3 miles | 1993 |
 | Edge House | 6.2 miles | 2006 |
 | Harper House | 6.9 miles | 2004 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005386 in Record Group 79. |
| Lake County | All 31 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.