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Orlovista, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Orlando census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32835. The Survey maps it on the Orlando West quadrangle. 6,806 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 112 feet above sea level.

Orlovista within Orange County

Then and now

1955 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Orlovista, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Orlovista, surveyed 1955

Compare 1955 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Orlovista grew from 6,123 to 6,806 between 2010 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.

YearPeople Change
20106,123
20206,806+683 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Orlovista between 1992 and 2018, burning about 7,820 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 maintenance23
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
28 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 June 1998Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 June 2000Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 June 1998Debris and open burning1.8 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 May 1996Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 May 2008Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSLEEPWALKER (04)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Orlovista: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mabel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

12 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orlovista in 12 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindOrlovista$2,000Trees uprooted and branches downed near Walden Circle from early morning storms.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindOrlovista$1,000Orange County Fire Rescue reported wires down on North Kirkman Rd and West Central Blvd.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindOrlovista$1,000A severe thunderstorm with estimated wind speeds near 60 mph impacted the northwestern suburbs of Orlando causing sporadic reports of wind damage. A large tree branch blocked a residential road off Old Winter Garden Road just south of the State Road 408 and Florida Turnpike. About 10 minutes later, another report of downed large tree branches onto two vehicles was received from Altamonte Springs.
September 2022Flash FloodOrlovista-Flash flooding affected many locations within Orange and Seminole Counties due to 8-14 inches of rain, which occurred primarily over a 12-18 hour period. Numerous roadways were flooded and became impassible. FDOT reported several water rescues along on-ramps to Interstate 4, where between 3 to 5 feet of standing water was noted. Emergency Management officials indicated numerous water rescues elsewhere along area roadways and within residential communities.
June 2020Funnel CloudOrlovista-A trained spotter reported a brief funnel cloud that lowered then lifted back into the storm cloud. He was looking west from near Downtown Orlando.
June 2020Tornado (EF0)Orlovista-Multiple videos were obtained from the public which confirmed a weak tornado (landspout) briefly occurred just south of the 33rd Street Industrial Park, in the area of Interstate 4 and Mall-at-Millenia. The landspout-tornado quickly dissipated and no damage occurred.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindOrlovista-A thunderstorm briefly became severe and downed trees near the 3400 block of South Hiawassee Road in the Metrowest portion of southwest Orlando. Additional minor tree damage occurred nearby within Metrowest.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindOrlovista-Several trees and large tree limbs were downed near the Metro West Golf Course in Orlando by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindOrlovista-A 50 foot by 50 foot section was detached from the roof of a business.
July 2012HailOrlovista-A SKYWARN spotter reported quarter sized hail at the MetroWest Golf Club on Hiawassee Road in Orlando.
July 2009Funnel CloudOrlovista-A public report and photograph was received of a funnel cloud, observed from Orlando, looking toward the west. Strong storms were occurring in this area, resulting from a recent sea breeze collision.
May 2009HailOrlovista-Nickel size hail was reported on I-4 near Universal Studios. The public report was relayed by WPOZ radio.

Every storm recorded in Orange 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
Pine Hills1.4 miles15
Gotha3.4 miles14
Lake Cain Hills3.9 miles12
Fairvilla3.9 miles15
Minorville (historical)4.2 miles14
Orlando4.3 miles15
Rosemont4.5 miles15
Holden Heights4.8 miles12

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 OrlovistaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2429119The 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 288244. 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.