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.
Then and now
1949 to 1979The 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.


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.
Headquarters Buildinglisted 2000 · 0.9 miles away- Central Instrumentation Facilitylisted 2000 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1949 USGS Orsino quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Orsino quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Orsino quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Titusville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
167 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 137 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | BULLFROG |
| 6 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | GROUP 4 |
| 5 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | LONE TREE |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | B AVENUE |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | TWO PALMS |
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | IND6STEAVE |
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | IND5STEAVE |
| 16 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | TEL-4-BK-W |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merritt Island | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Courtenay | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Audubon | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Bellwood | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Delespine | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| North Merritt Island | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Frontenac | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Port Saint John | 7.4 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.
| Wikidata item Q122557069 | 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 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.







