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Azalea Park, 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 32807. The Survey maps it on the Orlando East quadrangle.

Azalea Park within Orange County

Then and now

1955 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Azalea Park, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Azalea Park, surveyed 1955

Compare 1955 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Azalea Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 363 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 29 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/incendiarism29
Railroad operations and maintenance27
Equipment and vehicle use26
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Natural14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony7
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

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
26 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 August 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceAFTON (48)
18 August 2010Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFUNNEL (04)
1 August 1992Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 July 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 July 2003Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCURRYFORD
15 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Azalea Park in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAzalea Park$1,500Spotter reported multiple large tree branches down with at least one falling on a van near Lido and Nadine Streets. Time estimated via radar.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindAzalea Park-APRS network site CW057 reported a 51 knot wind gust out of the northeast.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindAzalea Park-Several large tree branches downed near intersection of Wendy Way and Lido Street in East Orlando.
July 2011HailAzalea Park-Orlando media reported quarter sized hail near the intersection of Highways 408 and 436.
January 2011Thunderstorm WindAzalea Park-Several trees blown down in Azalea Park as squall line passed.

Every storm recorded in Orange 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
Union Park2.0 miles14
Conway3.1 miles14
Aloma4.1 miles14
Orlando4.2 miles15
Winter Park4.5 miles14
Alafaya5.0 miles13
University Park5.2 miles13
Edgewood5.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278014. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.