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Conway, 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 32812. It lies near Oak Island. The Survey maps it on the Orlando East quadrangle.

Conway 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 Conway, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Conway, 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Conway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 164 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 19 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/incendiarism19
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresFlorida Forest ServicePLAYGROUND (4)
8 July 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOFFICE (48)
26 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSHORT REIGN (4)
15 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 2013Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMEGAMAN (48)
7 June 2008Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHIDDEN OAKS (04)
6 June 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 June 2000Railroad 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

15 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conway in 15 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
August 2015LightningConway1 hurtLightning struck a home within eastern Orange County and started a small fire. A teenager inside the home, using a computer was injured from the lightning strike. The girl was transported to a local hospital, where she was treated and released.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindConway$1,000Orange County Fire Rescue reported a tree down on east Crystal Lake Ave at Conway Gardens Rd.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindConway$1,000Orange County Fire Rescue reported a tree down at South Conway Rd and Stonewall Dr.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindConway$1,000Orange County Fire Rescue reported wires down at 4556 Landing Drive.
May 2023HailConway-Quarter sized hail reported at 4775 Curry Ford Road in Orlando.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindConway-Orange County Fire Rescue reported damage to several mobile homes along Jean Dr in the Gulfstream Harbor Mobile Home Park. Time estimated via radar.
June 2020HailConway-A trained spotter reported penny sized hail east of Orlando on Goldenrod Road.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindConway-Orange County Fire Rescue reported a tree down near the intersection of Lake Margaret Drive and Conway Road.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindConway-Orange County Fire Rescue reported a tree down near the intersection of Curry Ford Road and Chickasaw Trail, and another tree down near Green Meadow Lane.
March 2018HailConway-Several reports from trained spotters reported quarter to half dollar sized hail near Semoran Boulevard just north of Orlando International Airport.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindConway-WeatherBug mesonet site in Orlando recorded a peak gust of 62 mph as a severe thunderstorm passed by.
June 2011HailConway-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail along with an estimated 60 mph wind gust near the intersection of Hoffner Avenue and Goldenrod Road in Orlando.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindConway-Several trees were toppled in Orlando due to severe thunderstorm winds. The trees were downed on Raeford Road, taking down power lines.
June 2009HailConway-A SKYWARN spotter reported dime to quarter size hail at the intersection of Lake Margaret and Conway Roads in Azalea Park.
May 2002HailConway-no account filed

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
Edgewood2.5 miles13
Lake Conway Park (historical)2.7 miles13
Canal Addition (historical)2.8 miles13
South Lake Conway Villa2.8 miles13
Nela Isle Annex (historical)2.8 miles13
Pine Castle2.9 miles13
Holden Heights3.1 miles12
Azalea Park3.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 280727. 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.