Okahumpka, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Howey-in-the-Hills-Okahumpka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34762. The Survey maps it on the Center Hill quadrangle. 240 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 85 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.


On record in Okahumpka
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 2 records
Campbell Houselisted 1999- Okahumpka Rosenwald Schoollisted 2022
Population over time
3 figuresOkahumpka fell from 251 to 240 between 2000 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 251 | |
| 2010 | 267 | +16 (+6%) |
| 2020 | 240 | -27 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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
- 1969 USGS Center Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
113 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Okahumpka between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,027 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 8 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 | 30 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CLEARWATER (35) |
| 3 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BLUFF (35) |
| 27 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2000 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 1999 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 July 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Okahumpka: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida China Clay Company Pit | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Florida Rock Industries, Inc. - Turnpike Sand Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Okahumpka in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Okahumpka | 1 hurt | National Weather Service staff conducted a damage survey and confirmed an EF-0 tornado occurred in Okahumpka on January 4, 2020. Peak winds were estimated between 65 and 75 mph, along a discontinuous path of 2.38 miles, with a maximum width of 175 yards. The tornado generally moved northeast beginning just west of the Florida Turnpike near mile marker 295, crossing mostly wooded areas, Debbie Road, and the western side of the Holiday RV Village before dissipating. Damage estimates indicate significant roof damage to 3 to 5 mobile homes, one large oak tree was toppled, and numerous large branches of weak/old trees were downed. One resident received minor injuries when a tree branch came through the roof of his manufactured home at the RV Village. The individual self-transported to the hospital for treatment of a minor cut to his head. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okahumpka | $14,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and billboards and overturned a tractor trailer on the Florida Turnpike. |
| June 2017 | Lightning | Okahumpka | $5,000 | Lake County Emergency Services reported that several large branches fell onto a mobile home in Leesburg after lightning from a nearby thunderstorm struck a tree next to the mobile home. A 68-year-old woman was injured when the branches fell on her as she was sleeping in her bedroom. The woman managed to get outside of her mobile home where neighbors called 911. The woman was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries and later released. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okahumpka | $1,000 | Local law enforcement reported a tree blown down on Highway 33. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okahumpka | $1,000 | Trees were blown down across US Highway 33. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Okahumpka | - | A trained spotter reported hail up to quarter size. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okahumpka | - | A trained spotter reported numerous 1 inch and larger tree branches downed throughout The Plantation at Leesburg community. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Okahumpka | - | A trained weather spotter observed quarter sized hail at the Hawthorne community in Leesburg. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okahumpka | - | The Florida Division of Emergency Management relayed reports of 10 homes on Great Egret Drive in Okahumpka that received damage to shingles, siding, and fences. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Okahumpka | - | A trained spotter reported was driving along US Highway 27 just south of Leesburg when he reported nickel sized hail. The spotter also reported that hail was becoming larger than nickel sized when he decided to turn around. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okahumpka (historical) | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Hawthorne | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cisky Park | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Pumpkin Center | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Leesburg | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Yalaha | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Sunnyside | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Eldorado | 5.0 miles | 12 |
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 Okahumpka | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2542520 | 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 288068. 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.





