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Osteen, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Deltona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32764. The Survey maps it on the Osteen quadrangle. It stands 46 feet above sea level.

Osteen within Volusia County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The 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 sheet of Osteen, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Osteen, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

341 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 341 fires within 5 miles of Osteen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,505 acres in total. 128 started naturally. 25 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
Natural128
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Misuse of fire by a minor37
Equipment and vehicle use29
Debris and open burning28
Arson/incendiarism25
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Recreation and ceremony6
Fireworks5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4

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 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF STARTING GATE
4 September 2006Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF PASTURE # 2
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHEAP OF HEAVEN (59)
29 September 2016Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePLANET (64)
29 September 2016Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBLACK LAKE (64)
29 September 2016Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCORRAL POWERLINES (64)
29 September 2016Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINE STAND (64)
27 September 2010Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF-64-REED ELLIS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Volusia County

Storms near this place

11 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osteen in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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
February 1998Tornado (F3)Osteen1 killed, $1,000,000The Sanford tornado crossed into Volusia County near Highway 46 and the St. Johns River where it killed a 53 year old man in a recreational vehicle at a fish camp. The tornado continued northeast for 2 miles and dissipated in a rural part of south Volusia County.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindOsteen$150,000Thunderstorm winds produced widespread damage to a mobile home community southwest of Osteen. Many of the homes had damage to attached sun rooms, awnings and sheds. About 15 trees were blown down. The event was accompanied by a large amount of small hail.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindOsteen$70,000Thunderstorms passed over Osteen blowing down numerous trees and damaging a large sign on a western products store.
May 2021HailOsteen-A trained spotter observed pea to nickel sized hail in Deltona during a strong thunderstorm.
May 2012HailOsteen-SKYWARN Spotter reported estimated nickel-sized hail in the Osteen area.
August 2009HailOsteen-A trained weather spotter observed dime to nickel sized hail falling near the intersection of State Road 415 and Reed Ellis Road.
October 2008Thunderstorm WindOsteen-Trees were blown down near the Seminole/Volusia County line at State Highway 415.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindOsteen-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindOsteen-Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and trees along Route 415 south of Osteen.
July 1999HailOsteen-no account filed
August 1997HailOsteen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Volusia 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
Boden2.1 miles12
Kalamazoo2.8 miles14
Lemon Bluff3.2 miles12
Farmton5.4 miles14
Enterprise5.7 miles14
Deltona6.5 miles14
Cow Creek7.2 miles14
Lake Ashby Shores7.4 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 OsteenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3310812The 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 288269. 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.