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Alafaya Woods, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Oviedo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32765. It lies near Mitchell Hammock. The Survey maps it on the Oviedo quadrangle.

Alafaya Woods within Seminole County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Alafaya Woods, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Alafaya Woods, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Alafaya Woods between 1992 and 2020, burning about 580 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 12 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
Natural39
Railroad operations and maintenance36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism12
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2018Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLOCKWOOD- (59)
5 August 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 1993Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service314
2 August 2010Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceFIRE TOWER (03)
1 August 1992Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 1992Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Alafaya Woods: 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. 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.

Every working recorded in Seminole County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Oviedo1.6 miles14
Lake Charm1.7 miles14
Slavia1.9 miles14
Jamestown2.7 miles14
Neheb3.0 miles14
Gabriella3.0 miles14
Truck Corner3.1 miles14
Iowa City3.8 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122545164The 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 2085181. 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.