BlockBuena Vista, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Southwest Orange census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32830. The Survey maps it on the Intercession City quadrangle.
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.
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 Intercession City 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
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Buena Vista between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,148 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2013 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | PALM PARKWAY (48) |
| 9 August 1998 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 1998 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WIPER (O4) |
| 9 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | ABANDON (O4) |
| 6 July 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Buena Vista | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Vineland | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Bay Lake | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Williamsburg | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hunters Creek | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Doctor Phillips | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bay Hill | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Tangelo Park | 7.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 302707. 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.