BlockFrom the record
One of 31 National Register listings published here for Lake County · listed in 2015 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Hill Crest
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1955.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 511 E. Mirror Lake Dr., Fruitland Park, 34731
- When was it listed? November 2015
- Category. building
- Census division. Fruitland Park-Lady Lake
- National Register reference number. 15000783 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
74 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Hill Crest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 398 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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 | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BLUE STREAK/0645 |
| 20 July 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hill Crest: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hewitt Contracting Company, Inc. - Hewitt Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Logan Sitework Contractiors, Inc. - Logan Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Logan Sitework Contractors, Inc. - Logan Sand & Clay Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this property
13 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fruitland Park, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2001 | Lightning | Fruitland Park | 5 hurt | Five teenage boys were injured as they passed by a large tree that was struck by lightning. All five were knocked to the ground and were transported by ambulance to a local hospital. One boy received a serious cut on his neck from flying chips of wood when the tree was struck. The other four received minor injuries. |
| June 2000 | Lightning | Fruitland Park | 1 hurt | A 31 year old Fruitland Park man was struck and injured by lightning while he was in his home. The lightning apparently came through a glass window and struck the man. He was knocked unconscious and transported to a local hospital. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fruitland Park | $30,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and severly damaged the roof of a house. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fruitland Park | $30,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and severly damaged the roof of a house. |
| September 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Fruitland Park | $22,000 | Emergency Management officials provided detailed wind damage reports which occurred along a 4.35 mile long south-to-north path from Fruitland Park to Lady Lake, parallel to and just west of U.S. Highway 441. The damage consisted mainly of downed trees, branches and powerlines, although two homes in Lady Lake sustained structural damage due to falling trees. The most significant damage occurred on the east side of the tornado track, due to the rapid storm motion of 60 mph. The discontinuous damage path began near the College Avenue and W Miller Street in Fruitland Park and ended in Lady Lake, about midway between the Recreation Plantation RV Resort and Highway 441. A review of all available data suggests that the wind damage was likely the result of a EF-0 tornado (winds estimated 70-75 mph). Isolated tree damage south and north of the tornado track was likely due to strong straight-line winds associated with the cell. DI2, DOD1, EXP; DI27, DOD2, EXP; DI27, DOD3, LB. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fruitland Park | $500 | Lake County Emergency Management reported a couple of fallen trees and minor structural damage in Fruitland Park. Large tree branches blocked a portion of Linmar Ave and Spring Lake Rd. Time estimated via radar. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fruitland Park | - | A trained weather spotter reported that wind downed thick trees and that shingle and soffit damage occurred to several homes near Ulrick Street in Fruitland Acres. Photographs were also received of roof damage to a nearby church. The wind damage likely resulted from a microburst. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fruitland Park | - | Lake County Emergency Management reported several trees downed by thunderstorm winds in Fruitland Park. The tree damage occurred along Sail Fish Avenue, Robin Drive, and Old Hickory Lane. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Fruitland Park | - | A trained weather spotter observed nickel sized hail falling in Groveland as a strong thunderstorm moved quickly east across the region. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fruitland Park | - | Penny sized hail fell at Timbertop Nursery in Fruitland Park. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fruitland Park | - | Thunderstorm winds turned over a large shed and blew down a tree in Fruitland Park. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fruitland Park | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and destroyed a shed in Fruitland Park. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Fruitland Park | - | 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
- 1966 USGS Leesburg West quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings
Listed places nearby
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruitland Park Community Center | 0.6 miles | 2015 | |
 | Holy Trinity Episcopal Church | 1.9 miles | 1974 |
 | Lee School | 3.1 miles | 1995 |
 | Mote-Morris House | 3.2 miles | 1974 |
| Okahumpka Rosenwald School | 7.0 miles | 2022 | |
 | Campbell House | 7.1 miles | 1999 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000783 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.