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Longwood, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Casselberry-Altamonte Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32750. The Survey maps it on the Casselberry quadrangle. 15,087 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,500 feet above sea level.

Longwood within Seminole County

Then and now

1955 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Longwood, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Longwood, surveyed 1955

Compare 1955 against another survey:

On record in Longwood

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Longwood grew from 13,657 to 15,087 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
201013,657
202015,087+1,430 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Longwood between 1992 and 2019, burning about 236 acres in total. 2 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
Railroad operations and maintenance48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1
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
19 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 July 1992Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 June 2000Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 June 1994Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 June 1998Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole County

Storms near this place

20 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Longwood in 20 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 12 deaths and 36 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 1998Tornado (F3)Longwood12 killed, 36 hurt, $30,000,000The Seminole County category F3 tornado was produced by the same supercell that produced the Winter Garden tornado. It initially set down near Longwood and moved northeast at 45 mph. The tornado passed through several neighborhhoods in the southeast portion of Sanford killing 12 people in mobile homes and injuring 70. It continued northeast and crossed into Volusia County 5 miles east of Sanford. The near 200 mph winds of the tornado damaged or destroy 625 structures.
June 2012LightningLongwood$200,000Lightning sparked a house fire on Rangeline Woods Cove, east of Interstate 4 and north of State Road 434 in Longwood. The house suffered extensive damage and one firefighter was injured while fighting the fire.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindLongwood$65,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines, overturned 7 tractor trailer trucks and damaged the doors on a large warehouse near Longwood.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindLongwood$40,000Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and damaged the roof of a high school in Longwood.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindLongwood$40,000Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and damaged the roof of a high school in Longwood.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindLongwood$20,000Two trees were knocked down in Longwood off of Orlando Avenue producing property damage to a car and house. Photos were obtained.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindLongwood$9,500Emergency manager reports a large tree down, causing power line damage in Longwood near the intersection of Markham Woods Rd and EE Williamson Rd. Time estimated via radar.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindLongwood$4,000Thunderstorm winds blew down trees, power lines and power poles in the Longwood area.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindLongwood$1,300Public report of a tree down near the Springwood Village Condo Complex. Some fencing was also damaged. Time estimated via radar.
March 2022HailLongwood-Broadcast meteorologists reported quarter-sized hail at the FOX35 studios.
March 2022HailLongwood-Several reports of quarter sized hail in Longwood received from trained spotters and the public, including near the intersections of Bucksaw Place and Cross Cut Way, and intersection of Marjorie Blvd. and Middle Lane.
June 2015HailLongwood-Ping pong ball sized hail was reported by the public in Wekiva Springs. An additional report of golf ball sized hail was received nearby. Numerous other reports of dime to nickel sized hail were also received in the vicinity.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindLongwood-Significant damage to trees up to one foot in diameter, fences down, and other debris reported near the intersection of East Williamson Road and Markahm Woods Road in Longwood.
April 2013HailLongwood-A ham radio operator reported quarter sized hail at the South Seminole Hospital.
August 2012HailLongwood-A spotter reported nickel-sized hail on Sandalwood Way in Longwood.
August 2009HailLongwood-Local media relayed a public report of penny sized hail at the intersection of State Road 434 and County Road 427.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindLongwood-Trees were blown down in the Longwood area.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindLongwood-Two large trees were blown down and a pool screen destroyed by thunderstorm winds in Longwood.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindLongwood-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees in the Longwood area.
April 2002HailLongwood-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
Longdale0.6 miles15
Winter Springs1.6 miles15
Casselberry1.8 miles15
Sanlando Springs2.7 miles15
Wagner3.0 miles15
Midway Park3.0 miles15
Altamonte Springs3.2 miles15
Lake View3.2 miles15

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 LongwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2153666The 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 286087. 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.