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Gabriella, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Oviedo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32765. The Survey maps it on the Oviedo quadrangle.

Gabriella within Seminole County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The 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 sheet of Gabriella, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Gabriella, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Gabriella between 1992 and 2018, burning about 448 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 16 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 maintenance48
Equipment and vehicle use27
Natural21
Arson/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
26 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service314
1 August 1992Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 1992Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 July 1996Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gabriella: 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Seminole County

Storms near this place

7 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gabriella in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 7 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
June 2022HailGabriella-A trained spotter reported half dollar sized hail near Red Bug Lake Road and Tuskawilla Road in Winter Springs.
April 2021HailGabriella-Emergency Management reports golf ball sized hail near State Road 426 and Tuskawilla Road.
April 2021HailGabriella-A trained spotter reported 2 inch hail in Oviedo.
April 2021HailGabriella-A trained spotter reported 2 inch hail near the intersection of Publix Road and Brooks Lane in Oviedo.
March 2017HailGabriella-A resident of Winter Park north of SR 526 reported penny sized hail during a strong thunderstorm. Duration unknown.
May 2011HailGabriella-A weather spotter observed penny sized hail at the intersection of Highway 426 and Highway 417.
May 2011HailGabriella-A report of quarter sized hail at the intersection of Aloma Avenue and North Dean Road was relayed from Orlando media and a storm chaser.

Every storm recorded in Seminole 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
Jamestown0.4 miles14
Bertha1.3 miles14
Slavia1.7 miles14
Goldenrod2.6 miles14
Alafaya Woods3.0 miles14
Oviedo3.6 miles14
Lake Charm4.1 miles14
Whites Landing5.1 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.

Wikidata item Q122568496The 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 282866. 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.