Alafaya, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Union Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32828. The Survey maps it on the Oviedo SW quadrangle. 92,452 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 75 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1953 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 26 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1953 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresAlafaya grew from 78,113 to 92,452 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 78,113 | |
| 2020 | 92,452 | +14,339 (+18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Oviedo SW quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
235 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 235 fires within 5 miles of Alafaya between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,387 acres in total. 52 started naturally. 55 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Natural | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 35 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | YOUNG PINE (48) |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 314 |
| 21 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | AFTON (48) |
| 20 August 2000 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Alafaya: 1 unknown. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sullivan Materials - Sullivan Materials Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Park | 0.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lockwood | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Union Park | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Azalea Park | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Pickett | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Bithlo | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Aloma | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Tala Apopka (historical) | 6.9 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Alafaya | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4705552 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2085182. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.





