Dona Vista, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Umatilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32784. The Survey maps it on the Umatilla 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 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
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Umatilla quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
134 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Dona Vista between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,008 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 26 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MILLS ST (35) |
| 19 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GRAND ISLAND SHORES (35) |
| 1 September 2000 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1993 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2014 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | WEDGEWOOD GROVE (35) |
| 17 August 1995 | 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
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dona Vista in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2017: 2 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Dona Vista | - | A trained weather spotter observed a funnel cloud near Cassia, moving northeast. The funnel cloud dissipated about 5 minutes after first being observed. |
| September 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Dona Vista | - | A trained storm spotter observed funnel cloud formation over rural Lake County, about 10 miles northwest of his location. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Mason | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Grand Island | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Umatilla | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Eustis | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Dalhousie Acres | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Harbor Shores | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Silver Beach Heights | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Mid Florida Lakes | 4.3 miles | 12 |
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 Q122597844 | 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 305589. 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.





