Aloma, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Orlando census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32792. The Survey maps it on the Orlando East quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1955 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Orlando East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Orlando East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
98 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Aloma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 265 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 11 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 | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 July 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Aloma: 2 producers. All of them 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil A. Stone Co. - Stone Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Excavated Products - Sr 46 Pit | Sand | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Park | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Union Park | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Maitland | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Eatonville | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Azalea Park | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Fairview Shores | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Fairvilla | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Alafaya | 5.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 299956. 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.






