Orange City, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the DeBary-Orange City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32763. The Survey maps it on the Orange City quadrangle. 12,632 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 30 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 Orange City
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 6 records
Dickinson Memorial Library and Parklisted 1995
Seth French Houselisted 2003
Orange City Colored Schoollisted 2003
Orange City Historic Districtlisted 2004
Orange City Town Halllisted 2002
Louis P. Thursby Houselisted 2000
Population over time
3 figuresOrange City grew from 365 to 12,632 between 1900 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 365 | |
| 2010 | 10,599 | |
| 2020 | 12,632 | +2,033 (+19%) |
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
- 1964 USGS Orange City quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
207 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Orange City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,159 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Natural | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | VICTORIA GARDENS (64) |
| 27 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WF-64 VICTORIA PARK |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Florida Forest Service | U.T. ROAD (64) |
| 24 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CHURCH STREET (64) |
| 5 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WF WAR ADMIRAL |
| 4 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WF - OLD CASSADAGA |
| 3 August 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WF-HICKORY CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orange City in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Orange City | $40,000 | A National Weather Service Damage Survey confirmed that a brief EF-0 tornado impacted the Sunset Hills subdivision east of Orange City. The tornado tracked along a 0.1 mile long path, with maximum winds estimated between 65-75 mph. The tornado had a maximum width of approximately 70 yards. Several large tree branches were downed on both sides of County Road 4101, between Sunnyside Ave and E Graves Ave. A mobile home was destroyed after its roof caved in at the intersection of Sunnyside Ave and County Road 4101. Preliminary damage estimates from the Volusia County Property Appraiser was $40,000, with one structure destroyed. There were no reported injuries or fatalities. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orange City | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees and power lines in Orange City. Falling trees damaged six residences. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orange City | $4,000 | Strong winds blew down trees and power lines along Benham Ave from 20th Street to 17th Street in Orange City. Reports, pictures, and videos from Twitter and WFTV. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Orange City | - | A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail in Orange City. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Orange City | - | The public reported hail to the size of golf balls in Orange City. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Orange City | - | A SKYWARN spotter reported nickel sized hail about one block south of the intersection of Highway 17/92 and Rhode Island Avenue in Orange City. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orange City | - | Tree blown down across road by winds. Road obstruction from downed tree and powerlines at E. Rose Ave. and Holly Ave. in Orange City. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orange City | - | Trees were blown down in the Orange City area. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orange City | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines in Orange City. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orange City | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree and numerous power lines in Orange City. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orange City | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees in Orange City. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Orange City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange City Hills | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Blue Springs Landing | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Fatio | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Cassadaga | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Deltona | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Helen | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Beresford | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| DeBary | 4.6 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.
| Wikipedia article on Orange City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q986196 | 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 288188. 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.





