Slavia, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Oviedo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32765. It lies near Mitchell Hammock. The Survey maps it on the Oviedo quadrangle. It stands 39 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 14 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
- 1956 USGS Oviedo quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
121 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Slavia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 377 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 7 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 maintenance | 45 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LOCKWOOD- (59) |
| 5 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 314 |
| 1 August 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Slavia: 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil A. Stone Co. - Stone Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Excavated Products - Sr 46 Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Hubbard Construction - Demetree North Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Sullivan Materials - Sullivan Materials Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Sullivan Materials - Tuscawilla Units | Sand | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Slavia in 2 storm reports in 2017: 2 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Hail | Slavia | - | A weather spotter in Winter Springs observed one inch hail. Two minutes later, an amateur radio operator measured quarter-sized hail about 0.75 miles west of the intersection of SR-417 and SR-434 in Winter Springs. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Slavia | - | A trained spotter in Winter Springs reported penny sized hail during a strong thunderstorm. Duration unknown. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamestown | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Gabriella | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Alafaya Woods | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Oviedo | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Charm | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Bertha | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Neheb | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Whites Landing | 3.6 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.
| Wikipedia article on Slavia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7539329 | 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 291223. 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.





