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Geneva, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Oviedo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32732. The Survey maps it on the Geneva quadrangle. 2,913 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 62 feet above sea level.

Geneva within Seminole County

Then and now

1953 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 26 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Geneva, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Geneva, surveyed 1953

Compare 1953 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Geneva fell from 2,940 to 2,913 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,940
20202,913-27 (-1%)

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

196 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Geneva between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,220 acres in total. 98 started naturally. 2 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
Natural98
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Railroad operations and maintenance33
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
6 September 2007Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHERE WE GO AGAIN (3)
5 September 2011Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALMOST (59)
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHEAP OF HEAVEN (59)
15 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSUNSHOWER (59)
13 September 2011Natural4.2 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTWO POND (59)
11 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Geneva: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Excavated Products, Inc - Sr 46SandProducer
Hubbard Construction - Demetree North MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Seminole County

Storms near this place

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Geneva in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2009: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
May 2002LightningGeneva1 hurtA 17 year old boy was struck and injured by lightning while working on a boat ramp.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindGeneva$30,000Thunderstorm winds overturned a mobile home near Geneva.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindGeneva$20,000Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees on a house in Geneva.
April 2009HailGeneva-Public observed penny sized hail in Geneva.
December 2007Thunderstorm WindGeneva-A few trees were blown down in the Seminole Woods area.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindGeneva-County emergency management reported power lines down in Geneva.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindGeneva-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and damaged one house.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGeneva-Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines in Geneva.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindGeneva-Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees south of Geneva.
July 2007HailGeneva-no account filed
May 1999HailGeneva-no account filed
May 1998HailGeneva-no account filed
February 1998HailGeneva-no account filed

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
Buda1.8 miles14
Snow Hill2.5 miles14
Kolokee3.2 miles14
Mullet Lake Park3.6 miles12
Palm Shadows3.7 miles12
Geigers Landing3.8 miles12
Iowa City3.8 miles14
Osceola4.7 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 GenevaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2980048The 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 283012. 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.