Belle Isle, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Orlando census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32809. The Survey maps it on the Pine Castle quadrangle. 7,032 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 95 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 figuresBelle Isle grew from 5,988 to 7,032 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 | 5,988 | |
| 2020 | 7,032 | +1,044 (+17%) |
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 Pine Castle quadrangle1:24000, 6 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 Kissimmee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Belle Isle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 480 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 17 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 | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.8 acres | Florida Forest Service | PLAYGROUND (4) |
| 7 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 1999 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belle Isle in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Belle Isle | $956,000 | A National Weather Service damage survey and numerous eyewitness reports, photographs and video confirmed a waterspout/tornado moved north along a 5.1 mile path from Lake Conway to Thornton Park. The peak intensity was estimated at 100-105 mph.||A waterspout initially formed on the west-central portion of Lake Conway at approximately 1820LST and traveled north, briefly coming onshore and crossing a narrow strip of land at Hoffner Avenue, then moving back over water, crossing Little Lake Conway. The waterspout then moved back onshore as a tornado at the south end of Ferncreek Avenue. The tornado nearly paralleled Ferncreek Avenue and Martin Street as it moved nearly due north, crossing State Road 408, and lifting at Lake Lawsona Park at approximately 1832LST.||Damage was continuous along a 5.1 mile swath with a width of 350-500 yards. As the tornado came onshore at Hoffner Avenue it briefly attained EF-1 intensity (peak winds estimated at 85-90 mph) resulting in severe damage to the roof of a lakefront home and numerous large trees were toppled. Damage along much of the remainder of the path was rated EF-0 (winds estimated 65-85 mph).||The EF-0 damage consisted generally of uprooted trees, toppled trees, and snapped large branches. Several large trees fell onto homes, causing significant damage mainly to roofs. Multiple vehicles were damaged due to downed trees and fallen large branches. ||The tornado reached peak intensity of EF-1 in the vicinity of Ferncreek Avenue, Lake Margaret Drive and Carmia Drive (estimated peak winds 100-105 mph). Several one story apartment buildings lost significant portions of their roofs.||There were no injuries or fatalities. The OrangeCounty Property Appraiser's Office reported 42 homes and businesses were damaged, totaling $955,748. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belle Isle | $1,000 | Orange County Fire Rescue reported a tree down at 1719 Hoffner Ave. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belle Isle | - | A Weather Underground mesonet site just north of the Orando International Airport measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belle Isle | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees in Belle Isle. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Belle Isle | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nela Isle Annex (historical) | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| South Lake Conway Villa | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Canal Addition (historical) | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Conway Park (historical) | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Castle | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Sky Lake | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Taft | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Edgewood | 2.0 miles | 13 |
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 Belle Isle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2154059 | 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 278447. 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.





