BlockBeulah, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Southwest Orange census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34787. The Survey maps it on the Winter Garden quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The 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 sheets covering this place
6 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 Winter Garden quadrangle1:24000, 5 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
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Beulah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 501 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SUMMERPORT KEY (4) |
| 12 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 2000 | Natural | 125 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HAWKSTONE (48) |
| 7 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | COLONIAL (48) |
| 30 May 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 May 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 May 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beulah in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Lightning | Beulah | $440,000 | Local broadcast media relayed reports from Orange County Fire Rescue that a home along Butler Bay Court in Windermere was destroyed by a fire, which was started after lightning struck the home. The residents of the home had left before the lightning strike occurred. The Orange County Property Appraisers website indicated the home's property value to be approximately $440,000. |
| September 2015 | Lightning | Beulah | $250,000 | Lightning struck a home on Shadowmoss Drive in Winter Garden and started a fire which destroyed most of the home. |
| May 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Beulah | - | Public report of a funnel cloud seen from near where FL 429 meets the Florida Turnpike. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Beulah | - | A trained weather spotter observed penny-sized hail falling near State Roads 50 and 429 in Ocoee. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Beulah | - | An Orlando media outlet reported nickel sized hail in the Windermere Club Subdivision. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Beulah | - | The public reported nickel size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minorville (historical) | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Winter Garden | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Tildenville | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Gotha | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Ocoee | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Butler | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Harlem Heights | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Summerport Beach | 3.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295131. 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.