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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.

Fairvilla within Orange County

Then and now

1955 to 1995

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Fairvilla, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Fairvilla, surveyed 1955

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

33 since 1992

Regional 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 maintenance14
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
15 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 June 1998Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 June 1998Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 May 1996Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2014-12-0304 (48)
28 May 2000Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 May 2008Arson/incendiarism20 acresFlorida Forest Service944

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mabel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2021HailFairvilla-Local broadcast media reported hail up to quarter size near Dubsdread Golf Course near College Park.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindFairvilla-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 2014Heavy RainFairvilla-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.

Every storm recorded in Orange 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
Fairview Shores1.1 miles15
Rosemont2.0 miles15
Pine Hills2.8 miles15
Eatonville2.9 miles15
Orlando3.2 miles15
Lockhart3.3 miles15
Orlovista3.9 miles15
Winter Park4.0 miles14

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 FairvillaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14685864The 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.