BlockKillarney, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Southwest Orange census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34787. It lies near Deer Island. The Survey maps it on the Clermont East quadrangle. It stands 131 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The 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 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.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Clermont East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Killarney between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,155 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 9 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 maintenance | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1992 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 42 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Killarney: 8 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Highway Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Center Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Clermont Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tulley Sand Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| E.R. Jahna Industries - Clermont Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Florida Crushed Stone - Tulley Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Silver Sand Co. - Center Sand Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Tarmac Amercia, Inc. - Center Sand Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Tarmac-Florida Silver Sand Mine | Sand | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Killarney in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Killarney | 1 killed, 1 hurt | A tree fell onto a car traveling southbound on Reams Road near Summerlake Park Boulevard in Winter Garden. A 14 year old female who was in the back seat at the time was extricated from the back seat and transported to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Two other passengers in the car were uninjured. |
| September 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Killarney | $21,000 | Emergency management officials surveyed an area of wind damage in southern, rural Winter Garden and provided observations and photos to the NWS. In addition, several citizens provided valuable data and at least one person reported seeing a funnel cloud to his south shortly before the onset of damage. A path of damage occurred from the northern portion of the Orange County National Golf Center grounds, northward for 1.5 miles, paralleling Highway 429, just to the east. Significant tree was noted along Porter Road, and along both sides of Hamlin Groves Trail. Over 100 trees were damaged along the path (falling in a convergent pattern), including dozens of pine trees which were snapped several feet above the ground and many others which were uprooted. The path continued northward where five newly built homes on Bowman Drive were damaged. A pool screen enclosure and fences were damaged and a few homes experienced soffit, window and air conditioning unit damage from flying debris. Some debris was carried just north of New Independence Parkway, with no significant damage noted farther north. A review of all available data strongly suggested the damage was a result of a short-track, EF-0 tornado, with maximum winds estimated at 80 to 85 mph. DI1, DOD1, UB; DI28, DOD3, EXP; DI28, DOD4, LB. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Killarney | - | Orange County Fire Rescue relayed reports of several downed large trees near the intersection of Avalon Road and Hartzog Road. There were also downed power lines in the area. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Killarney | - | A WeatherFlow station near Reedy Lake in west Orlando recorded a 59 mph wind gust out of the west. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Killarney | - | A Weatherflow mesonet observation at Reedy Lake, west of Orlando, recorded a wind gust of 59 mph from the south as a severe thunderstorm moved northwest across the region and peaked in intensity. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Tildenville | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Harlem Heights | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Winter Garden | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Beulah | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Crown Point | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Ocoee | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Minorville (historical) | 6.0 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 Killarney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6407295 | 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 295390. 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.