Lorida, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sebring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33857. The Survey maps it on the Lorida quadrangle.
Then and now
1952 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 36 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1952 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1952 USGS Lorida quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Arcadia quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
159 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Lorida between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,474 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 1164-HI-WILDFIRE |
| 31 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BLUFF HAMMOCK (28) |
| 3 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | UPLAND (28) |
| 27 August 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | THUNDER (28) |
| 14 August 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HI-ELLIOTT FIRE-1068 |
| 5 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WHITE OAK (28) |
| 4 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | VARSITY (28) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lorida in 11 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorida | $37,500 | Five powerpoles were snapped along Cowhouse Road south of US Highway 98. |
| June 1999 | Lightning | Lorida | $18,000 | Lightning struck and killed 12 head of cattle at a dairy farm in Lorida. |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Lorida | $10,000 | A short-lived tornado touched down along U.S. Highway 98 in Lorida and caused minor damage before it lifted and dissipated. Tornado damage was limited to a few snapped trees, a toppled basketball pole, a water pump pulled from the ground and several uprooted small bushes. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorida | $10,000 | A Skywarn Spotter estimated a 70 mph wind gust that downed several large trees near Lorida. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorida | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds, estimated at 50 mph, severely damaged a small shed and caused minor damage to an awning in Lorida. |
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Lorida | - | Severel power poles snapped just northwest of Arbuckel Creek RD and Highway 98 due to a brief tornado. |
| August 2012 | Heavy Rain | Lorida | - | Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Isaac dumped up to 6 inches of rain and closed a small part of U.S. Highway 98 between Cowhouse Road and County Road 621. Arbuckle creek overflowed its banks and filled the drainage ditches along side of U.S. 98 and put a few inches of water on the road. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lorida | - | A Skywarn Spotter and Highlands County Emergency Management reported that quarter sized hail covered the ground over an inch deep with drifts as high as ten inches near U.S. Highway 98 in Lorida. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lorida | - | A Skywarn Spotter reported dime sized hail in Lorida. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Lorida | - | Dime- to quarter-size hail fell at Lorida and Lake Istokpoga. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Lorida | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plains | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Wild Island | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Istokpoga | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Marland | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| De Soto City | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sunvale | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Kuhlman | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Cornwell | 9.4 miles | 13 |
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 Lorida | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6681173 | 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 294839. 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.





