Intercession City, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Kissimmee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33848. It lies near Buckles Bend. The Survey maps it on the Intercession City quadrangle. It stands 69 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1953 to 1979The 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 sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1953 USGS Intercession City quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Kissimmee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
91 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Intercession City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,494 acres in total. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.8 acres | Florida Forest Service | SAND PINE (06) |
| 3 August 2006 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | 53 TANK |
| 7 July 2001 | Natural | 75 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 July 1996 | Natural | 75 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 July 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HOG PEN (06) |
| 7 June 2000 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Intercession City: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loughman Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Standard Sand and Silica - Davenport Mine | Sand | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Intercession City in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2016: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 25 deaths and 145 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1998 | Tornado (F3) | Intercession City | 25 killed, 145 hurt, $50,000,000 | The deadliest tornado of the outbreak was a category F3 that touched down initially one mile south of Intercession City. The tornado moved northeast at 45 mph and ripped through the town of Kissimmee killing 25 people. The hardest hit areas were the Morningside Acres mobile home community and the Ponderosa Recreational Vehicle Park. In all eight people were killed in recreational vehicles, fifteen in mobile homes and one in an automobile. The tornado continued northeast and moved into Orange County six miles north of St. Cloud. One hundred and fifty people were injured and over 1000 structures were damaged or destroyed. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Intercession City | $50,000 | A long lasting severe thunderstorm moved from Polk County into northwest Osceola County and dropped hail between quarter and golf ball size for over 10 minutes. The hail piled up to over a foot deep at the peak of the storm in portions of Poinciana. Some hail damage occurred to the siding of homes, pool screens, recreational vehicles and cars. |
| February 2014 | Hail | Intercession City | - | Quarter size hail reported in Indian Creek Subdivision on Poinciana Blvd. four miles south of US-192. Report relayed via social media. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Intercession City | - | Quarter sized hail report from Florida Division of Emergency Management. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Intercession City | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Intercession City | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Celebration | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Reunion | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Kissimmee | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| ChampionsGate | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Poinciana Place | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Poinciana | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Buenaventura Lakes | 9.6 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 Intercession City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6045672 | 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 284561. 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.





