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.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The 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 sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Osteen quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
341 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 128 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
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 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WF STARTING GATE |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WF PASTURE # 2 |
| 29 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HEAP OF HEAVEN (59) |
| 29 September 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PLANET (64) |
| 29 September 2016 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BLACK LAKE (64) |
| 29 September 2016 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CORRAL POWERLINES (64) |
| 29 September 2016 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PINE STAND (64) |
| 27 September 2010 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WF-64-REED ELLIS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1998 | Tornado (F3) | Osteen | 1 killed, $1,000,000 | The 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 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osteen | $150,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osteen | $70,000 | Thunderstorms passed over Osteen blowing down numerous trees and damaging a large sign on a western products store. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Osteen | - | A trained spotter observed pea to nickel sized hail in Deltona during a strong thunderstorm. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Osteen | - | SKYWARN Spotter reported estimated nickel-sized hail in the Osteen area. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Osteen | - | A trained weather spotter observed dime to nickel sized hail falling near the intersection of State Road 415 and Reed Ellis Road. |
| October 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osteen | - | Trees were blown down near the Seminole/Volusia County line at State Highway 415. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osteen | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osteen | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and trees along Route 415 south of Osteen. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Osteen | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Osteen | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boden | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Kalamazoo | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Lemon Bluff | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Farmton | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Enterprise | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Deltona | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Cow Creek | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Ashby Shores | 7.4 miles | 12 |
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 Osteen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3310812 | 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 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.





