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Deer Park, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the South and East Osceola census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34773. It stands on Bull Creek. The Survey maps it on the Deer Park quadrangle.

Deer Park within Osceola County

Then and now

1953 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 28 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Deer Park, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Deer Park, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Deer Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,470 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 9 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
Natural39
Equipment and vehicle use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
3 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSEED (06)
4 August 2000Natural150 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2010Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBRIAR PATCH (06)
6 July 2004Fireworks2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2004-12-0318 (6) FIRECRACKER
6 July 1998Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 1998Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2012Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLILBERT (49)
31 July 1998Natural100 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osceola County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Deer Park: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
East Coast Aggregates, Inc. - Eca #1 MineClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Osceola County

Storms near this place

9 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deer Park in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2012: 3 hail, 3 tornado, 2 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2012Tornado (EF0)Deer Park-The second of three tornadoes associated with a Tropical Storm Debby mini-supercell that traveled from northern Okeechobee County to northern Brevard County produced a short damage path through a wooded area within the Kempfer Ranch and Deseret Ranch in far eastern Osceola County, about 1 mile north of Highway 192. The damage path cut through an area of mainly pine trees, damaged a fence, and displaced a pile of aluminum pipes downstream. The damage location was also consistent with a very strong rotational signature, reflectivity hook echo and tornado debris signature on dual-pol radar data. An Osceola County Emergency Management Official surveyed the damage path and provided details and damage photos. DI28 DOD2 LB-EXP.
July 2006Funnel CloudDeer Park-A funnel cloud was reported near Deer Park.
August 2006Tornado (F0)Deer Park-County workers photographed an F0 tornado on the ground just north of Deer Park. No significant damage was noted.
July 2003Funnel CloudDeer Park-Fire personnel reported a funnel cloud over the Deer Park area of northeast Osceola County.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Deer Park-An F0 tornado touched down briefly in a rural area of the extreme northeast corner of Osceola County near State Road 532. The tornado was documented by storm chasers as it moved into southeast Orange County. No damage was reported.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindDeer Park-A spotter measured a wind gust of 70 mph with home based equipment.
July 1995HailDeer Park-Dime-size hail fell in Deer Park.
May 1998HailDeer Park-no account filed
July 1997HailDeer Park-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Osceola 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
Holopaw9.9 miles9
Harmony14.7 miles13
Kenansville15.6 miles14
Whittier16.1 miles15
Lake Marian Highlands16.7 miles16
Pine Grove19.1 miles12
New Eden19.7 miles12
Ashton21.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 281451. 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.