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One of 56 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 2016 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
James Laughlin House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1955.
The listing
- Listed as. Laughlin, James, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 5538 Sydonie Dr., Mount Dora, 32757
- When was it listed? June 2016
- Category. building
- Census division. Apopka
- Architect. Grosvenor Atterbury
- National Register reference number. 16000423 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of James Laughlin House between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,055 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2017 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | FUDGE(48) |
| 8 July 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 July 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 June 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PITT (4) |
| 23 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TREETOP (04) |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of James Laughlin House: 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codding Sand and Soil Co. - Codding Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Coddings Sand and Sail Inc. | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Plymouth Pit | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Plymouth Pit | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Warren Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Maps showing this location
6 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, 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
- 1960 USGS Apopka quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings
Listed places nearby
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mitchill-Tibbetts House | 6.9 miles | 1991 |
 | Waite-Davis House | 6.9 miles | 1990 |
 | Carroll Building | 7.3 miles | 1993 |
 | Apopka Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot | 7.3 miles | 1993 |
 | Ryan & Company Lumber Yard | 7.4 miles | 1993 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000423 in Record Group 79. |
| Orange County | All 56 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.