Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1955.
“The First United Methodist Church of Umatilla is an historic Methodist church in Umatilla, Florida, in the United States. It is located at 100 West Guerrant Street.”
Wikipedia article First United Methodist Church of Umatilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 31 National Register listings published here for Lake County · listed in 2000 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Umatilla between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,455 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Natural | 32 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | NICOTOON |
| 21 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MILLS ST (35) |
| 1 September 2000 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | not named |
| 4 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1993 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Umatilla: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Sand Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Umatilla, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 2018 | Lightning | Umatilla | 1 killed | Per a report received via a local newspaper, a 44-year-old man was killed after being struck by lightning in Umatilla. At 1721 LST, a man was found unconscious by his neighbors on a small pontoon boat at his home on Lake Owen, on the 40000th block of Long Island Drive in Umatilla. The neighbors called the Lake County Sheriffs Office, and first responders transported the man to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased. The medical examiners office determined the cause of death to be electrocution, and this is further supported by burn marks found on the seat and floor of the boat. NWS Melbourne meteorologists determined the lightning strike occurred around 1258 LST, this was confirmed by reports from the neighbors who heard loud bang of the strike many hours before finding the deceased man on his boat. |
| May 2006 | Lightning | Umatilla | 1 hurt | A 10 year old female was struck by lightning while outside. She sustained minor injuries. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Umatilla | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines, destroyed a barn and damaged the roof of a mobile home in Umatilla. One mobile home was damaged by a falling tree. |
| May 2022 | Lightning | Umatilla | - | Lake County Emergency Management passed along a report of a man that was slightly injured after lightning struck a nearby fishing pole. The incident occurred along the 16500 block of Wilson Parrish Road in Umatilla at approximately 1910LST. The disoriented man was transported to a local hospital in Ocala, and was released later that day. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Umatilla | - | A few trees were blown down in the Umatilla area. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Umatilla | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Umatilla | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Umatilla | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Umatilla | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Umatilla | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Umatilla | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Clifford House | 4.9 miles | 1975 |
 | Woman's Club of Eustis | 5.1 miles | 1991 |
 | Eustis Commercial Historic District | 5.2 miles | 2005 |
 | Ferran Park and the Alice McClelland Memorial Bandshell | 5.2 miles | 1994 |
 | Laroe Family Homestead Historic District | 5.2 miles | 2009 |
| Edgar L. Ferran House | 5.2 miles | 2019 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 99001707 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Lake County | All 31 listed properties in this county. |
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