Cameron City, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sanford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32773. It stands on Reedy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Osteen 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 12 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
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Osteen quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Cameron City between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,716 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 33 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HERE WE GO AGAIN (3) |
| 2 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 260 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 65 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Cameron City: 4 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cds Trucking Corporation - Club Ii Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Excavated Products, Inc - Sr 46 | Sand | Producer | ||
| Marquette Shores, Inc. - Marquette Shores Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Sullivan Materials - Tuscawilla Units | Sand | Producer | ||
| White Construction Co. - S.R. 427 Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| White Construction Company, Inc. - Fdot Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| White Construction Company, Inc. - Pineway Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cameron City in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Cameron City | - | Reports and video from the Orlando-Sanford International Airport tower as well as public and broadcast media show a waterspout developed over Lake Jesup. It remained over the lake and did not move onshore. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Cameron City | - | Local broadcast media relayed a report of quarter-sized hail near the intersection of East Lake Mary Blvd. and Skyway Drive in Sanford. |
| July 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Cameron City | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud just southeast of Sanford International Airport. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beck Hammock | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Canaan | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Midway | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lordland | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| South Sanford Heights | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Flora Heights | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Rosalind Heights | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Bentwood Grove | 2.8 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122592538 | 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 279869. 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.
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.





