Orange Bend, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Leesburg East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34788. The Survey maps it on the Leesburg East 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 12 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 Leesburg East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
124 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Orange Bend between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,312 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 11 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 | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TERRELL LN FIRE (35) |
| 28 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HURRICANE (35) |
| 19 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GRAND ISLAND SHORES (35) |
| 8 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2014 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | WEDGEWOOD GROVE (35) |
| 21 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.1 acres | Florida Forest Service | 35/LAKE PINES FIRE/0996 |
| 19 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orange Bend in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Orange Bend | $12,000 | A brief EF0 tornado touched down blowing down trees and damaging the roofs of two mobile homes. |
| August 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Orange Bend | $12,000 | A brief EF0 tornado touched down blowing down trees and damaging the roofs of two mobile homes. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orange Bend | $4,000 | HAM radio relayed report of downed trees and powerlines near the intersection of State Road 44 and Emeralda Dr. |
| June 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Orange Bend | - | Numerous photos and videos from trained spotters showed a brief tornado touchdown in the Emeralda Marsh Conservation Area just north of Lisbon. The tornado was on the ground less than one minute west of Emeralda Island Road between Lake Griffith and Lake Yale. The tornado produced no damage as it was over a marsh. |
| June 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Orange Bend | - | Lake County Sheriff's Office relayed report from public of a funnel cloud moving toward Silver Lake near the intersection of County Road 44 and Radio Road in Leesburg. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisbon | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Silver Lake | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Bassville Park | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Mid Florida Lakes | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Harbor Shores | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Grand Island | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Eldorado | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sunnyside | 4.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295512. 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.





