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Orsino, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Space Center census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32780. It lies near Merritt Island. The Survey maps it on the Orsino quadrangle.

Orsino within Brevard County

Then and now

1949 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 30 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Orsino, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Orsino, surveyed 1949

On record in Orsino

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 within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

167 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Orsino between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,792 acres in total. 137 started naturally. 5 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
Natural137
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2010Natural5.0 acresMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeBULLFROG
6 September 2000Naturalunder an acreMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeGROUP 4
5 September 2010Naturalunder an acreMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeLONE TREE
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeB AVENUE
30 September 2011Naturalunder an acreMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeTWO PALMS
3 September 1997Naturalunder an acreMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeIND6STEAVE
3 September 1997Naturalunder an acreMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeIND5STEAVE
16 September 1995Naturalunder an acreMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeTEL-4-BK-W

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brevard 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
Merritt Island0.9 miles12
Courtenay5.4 miles13
Audubon6.3 miles13
Bellwood6.5 miles14
Delespine6.6 miles14
North Merritt Island6.8 miles13
Frontenac6.9 miles14
Port Saint John7.4 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122557069The 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 295515. 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.