Orange Home, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Wildwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34785. The Survey maps it on the Leesburg West 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
- 1966 USGS Leesburg West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Orange Home between 1992 and 2018, burning about 483 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 6 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 | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HOBO FIRE 1129 |
| 7 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BLUE STREAK/0645 |
| 20 July 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 60/HIGHWAY FIRE/0889 |
| 19 July 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Orange Home: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie Lime and Stone Co. - Central Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Hewitt Contracting Company, Inc. - Hewitt Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Logan Sitework Contractiors, Inc. - Logan Mine | Sand | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bamboo | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Adamsville | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Monarch | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Wildwood | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Coleman | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Moreland Park | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Middleton | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Cherry Lake | 6.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 288209. 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.





