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Orange, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the West Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32321. It stands on Mary Branch. The Survey maps it on the Orange quadrangle.

Orange within Liberty County

Then and now

1945 to 1990

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Orange, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Orange, surveyed 1945

Compare 1945 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Orange between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,897 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 9 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
Natural22
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
23 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(39) HWY 333A FIRE
15 August 1998Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaBOUNDARY LINE
11 August 2010Natural275 acresNational Forests in FloridaCOW
9 July 2011Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaHIGH STUMP
9 July 2000Natural28 acresNational Forests in FloridaMILL CREEK
8 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests in Floridanot named
7 July 2017Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaTWO BARREL
30 July 2006Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaWOLF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Liberty County

Storms near this place

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orange in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindOrange$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Liberty County.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindOrange$500Some downed trees reported east of County Road 379 by the Liberty County Sheriff.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindOrange-One large tree was blown down near the intersection of County Road 12 and County Road 379.

Every storm recorded in Liberty County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Lewis2.0 miles15
Gunn Landing3.0 miles15
Mosquito Landing3.8 miles15
Jensen Place5.2 miles13
Estiffanulga5.6 miles15
Central City5.9 miles13
Wilma6.0 miles13
Kern7.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306161. 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.