Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.
“The Island Grove Masonic Lodge No. 125 is a historic building in Alachua County. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 7, 2010.”
Wikipedia article Island Grove Masonic Lodge No. 125, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 64 National Register listings published here for Alachua County · listed in 2010 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Island Grove Masonic Lodge No. 125 between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,353 acres in total. 50 started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 50 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PUTNAM/STARLAKE FIRE |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MILL POND(42) |
| 21 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PUTNAM/DEAD-END FIRE |
| 5 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RABBITPATCH(42) |
| 24 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 1993 | Natural | 55 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 345 specimens collected within 10 miles of Island Grove Masonic Lodge No. 125 between 1898 and 1975: 266 Animalia, 62 Fungi, 13 Plantae, 2 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. & L. Rhoads, A. Tissot, A.E. Daugherty and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Eudocimus albus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1898 | Oscar E. Baynard | Orange Lake, on an island in lake |
 | Porphyrio martinica (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1908 | Collector(s): Oscar E. Baynard | Orange Lake |
 | Thryothorus ludovicianus miamensis Ridgway, 1875 | 1908 | Oscar E. Baynard | Orange Lake |
 | Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) | 1909 | Charles S. Thompson | Lochloosa Lake |
 | Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1909 | Oscar E. Baynard | Orange Lake, on island in lake |
 | Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 | 1911 | Welch, Phillip T.; Phillip, P.B.; Wilcon, T.F. | Orange Lake. |
 | Chordeiles minor (J.R.Forster, 1771) | 1911 | not recorded | Orange Lake. |
 | Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1911 | Bowdish, Beecher S. | Orange Lake. |
 | Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1912 | Baynard, Oscar E. | Red Bird Island, Orange Lake. |
 | Puccinia sorghi Schwein. | 1921 | John Price | Hawthorne |
 | Diplocarpon earlianum (Ellis & Everh.) F.A.Wolf | 1925 | G. F. Weber | Hawthorne |
 | Diplodia zeae Lév. | 1926 | Kraft | Hawthorne |
All 345 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Island Grove Masonic Lodge No. 125: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedrock Resources - Citra Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Citra Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Island Grove, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Island Grove | - | Multiple social media images showed a waterspout that formed over Orange Lake, just north of Citra. The waterspout persisted for about 10 minutes. All parameters were estimated, including the path width and track length and EF scale. There were no reported damage or injuries. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Island Grove | - | Marion county dispatch reported widespread tree damage from strong thunderstorm winds across the county. The time of this event was based on radar imagery. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Island Grove | - | Numerous trees were blown down near the Orange Lake area. |
United 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.
Other 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Axline House | 7.5 miles | 2015 |
 | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings House and Farm Yard | 7.5 miles | 1970 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 10000984 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Alachua County | All 64 listed properties in this county. |
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