Elder Springs, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sanford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32773. It lies near Eureka Hammock. The Survey maps it on the Casselberry 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:
On record in Elder Springs
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Seminole County Homelisted 1999 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Casselberry quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Casselberry quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Elder Springs between 1992 and 2016, burning about 380 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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 | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 13 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | OUT THERE (03) |
| 30 July 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MORE RAIN (59) |
| 6 June 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 June 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 June 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 Elder Springs: 5 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 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 | ||
| Dot Oviedo - Oviedo #1 Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway Park | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| Fairlane Estates | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Sunland Estates | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Evansdale | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Bentwood Grove | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lake View | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Mary | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| South Sanford Heights | 2.0 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 Q122558232 | 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 282145. 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.






