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Kenansville, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the South and East Osceola census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34739. The Survey maps it on the Kenansville quadrangle.

Kenansville within Osceola County

Then and now

1953 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 35 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kenansville, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Kenansville, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Kenansville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,442 acres in total. 23 started naturally. None was 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
Natural23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 August 2002Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2011Natural13 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCHEETO (O6)
28 August 2017Natural27 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCAMPBELL (49)
2 August 1997Natural75 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 August 1993Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 2001Natural5.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2001Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 July 2000Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osceola County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kenansville in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
October 2024Tornado (EF1)Kenansville$100,000Based on KMLB dual-polarimetric radar, the tornado began nearly 5.5 miles northeast of Kenansville and remained on the ground as it moved north over unpopulated portions of Osceola County. The tornado intersected portions of the Deseret and Escondido ranches where numerous pine and oak trees were both snapped and uprooted. Additionally, a well-constructed barn on the Escondido Ranch was destroyed. Based on radar data, the tornado likely peaked in intensity as it was moving through this area with peak winds of up to 100 mph. ||An additional report of the tornado came from a public video along US-192 some 5.5 miles east of Holopaw at around 3:53 PM. At this location, a rain-wrapped tornado can be seen crossing the highway. In this video, limbs were seen falling from the trees and lightweight debris was seen flying through the air. Based on this limited accounting, the tornado had likely weakened to an EF-0 with peak winds of 60 to 65 mph. Radar analysis indicates the tornado curved westward north of US-192 before dissipating north of Holopaw.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindKenansville$10,000Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and destroyed a gazebo at a fish camp east of Lake Kissimmee.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindKenansville$1,000A fish camp west of Kenansville reported high winds and windows blown out of a porch.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindKenansville-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines near Kenansville and near Lake Kissimmee.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindKenansville-Osceola County reported a wind gust to 62 mph and trees down in Kenansville.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindKenansville-Osceola County reported a wind gust to 62 mph and trees down in Kenansville.
April 1997HailKenansville-Quarter size hail fell in Kenansville.
April 1997HailKenansville-Quarter size hail fell in Kenansville.
August 2006HailKenansville-no account filed
March 2003HailKenansville-no account filed
March 1996HailKenansville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Osceola 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
Whittier1.0 miles15
Lake Marian Highlands2.9 miles16
Lokosee9.3 miles13
Yeehaw Junction12.9 miles15
Deer Park15.6 miles12
Holopaw18.5 miles9
Harmony23.2 miles13
South Port26.5 miles12

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 KenansvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6388790The 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 285049. 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.

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.