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Nela Isle Annex, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Orlando census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32809. The Survey maps it on the Pine Castle quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Nela Isle Annex within Orange County

Then and now

1953 to 1979

The 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 sheet of Nela Isle Annex (historical), surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Nela Isle Annex (historical), surveyed 1953

Compare 1953 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Nela Isle Annex (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 430 acres in total. 6 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
Railroad operations and maintenance23
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
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
26 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresFlorida Forest ServicePLAYGROUND (4)
7 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 1999Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 July 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOFFICE (48)
26 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSHORT REIGN (4)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange 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
Canal Addition (historical)0.1 miles13
South Lake Conway Villa0.2 miles13
Lake Conway Park (historical)0.3 miles13
Belle Isle0.7 miles13
Pine Castle1.2 miles13
Edgewood2.0 miles13
Sky Lake2.4 miles12
Taft2.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2514500. 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.