New Upsala, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sanford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32771. The Survey maps it on the Sanford quadrangle.
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 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.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of New Upsala between 1992 and 2018, burning about 604 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | OUT THERE (03) |
| 5 July 1993 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | NOWHERE (59) |
| 6 June 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 June 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 June 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of New Upsala: 5 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cds Trucking Corporation - Club Ii Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Dot Oviedo - Oviedo #1 Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Marquette Shores, Inc. - Marquette Shores Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| White Construction Co. - S.R. 427 Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| White Construction Company, Inc. - Fdot Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| White Construction Company, Inc. - Pineway Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Upsala in 5 storm reports in 2020: 5 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Hail | New Upsala | - | The public reported two inch hail in Lake Mary near County Road 46A and Country Club Road. |
| May 2020 | Hail | New Upsala | - | A trained spotter reported two inch hail near State Road 417 and Rinehart Road. |
| May 2020 | Hail | New Upsala | - | The public reported golf ball sized hail near the intersection of State Road 46 and White Cedar Road. |
| May 2020 | Hail | New Upsala | - | A member of the public reported golf ball sized hail near County Road 46A and Vihlen Road. |
| May 2020 | Hail | New Upsala | - | A trained spotter reported three inch diameter hail in Sanford. Photos confirmed the hail size. This ties the largest hail size ever documented within east-central Florida. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ravenna Park | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lock Arbor | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| The Retreat at Twin Lakes | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Josephs | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Lincoln Heights | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Greenbriar | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Woodruff Springs | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Country Club Manor | 1.8 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.
| Wikidata item Q122567664 | 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 287697. 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.





