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.
Then and now
1955 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1955 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Orlando East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Orlando East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
79 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.8 acres | Florida Forest Service | PLAYGROUND (4) |
| 8 July 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | OFFICE (48) |
| 26 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SHORT REIGN (4) |
| 15 July 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 2013 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MEGAMAN (48) |
| 7 June 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HIDDEN OAKS (04) |
| 6 June 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 June 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Lightning | Conway | 1 hurt | Lightning 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | $1,000 | Orange County Fire Rescue reported a tree down on east Crystal Lake Ave at Conway Gardens Rd. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | $1,000 | Orange County Fire Rescue reported a tree down at South Conway Rd and Stonewall Dr. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | $1,000 | Orange County Fire Rescue reported wires down at 4556 Landing Drive. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Conway | - | Quarter sized hail reported at 4775 Curry Ford Road in Orlando. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | 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 2020 | Hail | Conway | - | A trained spotter reported penny sized hail east of Orlando on Goldenrod Road. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | Orange County Fire Rescue reported a tree down near the intersection of Lake Margaret Drive and Conway Road. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | 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 2018 | Hail | Conway | - | Several reports from trained spotters reported quarter to half dollar sized hail near Semoran Boulevard just north of Orlando International Airport. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | WeatherBug mesonet site in Orlando recorded a peak gust of 62 mph as a severe thunderstorm passed by. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Conway | - | 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | Several trees were toppled in Orlando due to severe thunderstorm winds. The trees were downed on Raeford Road, taking down power lines. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Conway | - | A SKYWARN spotter reported dime to quarter size hail at the intersection of Lake Margaret and Conway Roads in Azalea Park. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Conway | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Conway Park (historical) | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Canal Addition (historical) | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| South Lake Conway Villa | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Nela Isle Annex (historical) | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Castle | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Holden Heights | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Azalea Park | 3.1 miles | 14 |
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.






