Fairvilla, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Orlando census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32804. The Survey maps it on the Orlando West quadrangle. It stands 98 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1955 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 40 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 Fairvilla
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.
S. Howard Atha Houselisted 2009 · 0.9 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
- 1956 USGS Orlando West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Orlando West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
33 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Fairvilla between 1992 and 2018, burning about 124 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 June 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 June 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 May 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2014-12-0304 (48) |
| 28 May 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | 944 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fairvilla: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mabel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairvilla in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2021: 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | Hail | Fairvilla | - | Local broadcast media reported hail up to quarter size near Dubsdread Golf Course near College Park. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairvilla | - | Local broadcast media relayed a report of large tree branches downed onto several cars at Albert Park near the intersection of Edgewater Drive and Vassar Street. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Fairvilla | - | Rain totals of 3 to 6 inches accumulated in less than two hours due to persistent thunderstorms. Flooding of several roadways caused them to become temporarily impassable. Several homes became isolated due to high levels of standing water. The most impacted areas included Winter Park, Azalea Park and Maitland. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Shores | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Rosemont | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Hills | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Eatonville | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Orlando | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lockhart | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Orlovista | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Winter Park | 4.0 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.
| Wikipedia article on Fairvilla | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14685864 | 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 282342. 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.






