South Apopka, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Apopka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32703. The Survey maps it on the Apopka quadrangle. 6,803 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 125 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.


On record in South Apopka
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Apopka Seaboard Air Line Railway Depotlisted 1993 · 0.6 miles away
Carroll Buildinglisted 1993 · 0.7 miles away
Ryan & Company Lumber Yardlisted 1993 · 0.7 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresSouth Apopka grew from 5,728 to 6,803 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,728 | |
| 2020 | 6,803 | +1,075 (+19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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
- 1960 USGS Apopka quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
51 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of South Apopka between 1993 and 2019, burning about 386 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | JUNE BUG (48) |
| 23 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CLARKE (48) |
| 23 July 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 July 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | COLD CAT FISH (04) |
| 6 June 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PITT (4) |
| 26 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Florida Forest Service | MEADOWS (48) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Apopka in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Lightning | South Apopka | 2 hurt | An isolated early evening thunderstorm developed just south of Wekiva High School, where a football game was underway. School officials suspended the game and asked spectators to evacuate the stadium. As the stadium was being cleared, lightning struck one of four towering light posts and two people were injured (one person was leaning against a metal fence adjacent to the stands). Both individuals were transported to the hospital and were later released. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Apopka | $1,000 | Orange County Fire Rescue reported wires down at 1203 West Pine St. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Apopka | - | A weather spotter estimated winds over 60 mph downed large trees limbs and powerlines. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apopka | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Plymouth | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Apopka | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Piedmont | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Paradise Heights | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Clarcona | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| McDonald | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lockhart | 4.6 miles | 15 |
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 South Apopka | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2341774 | 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 291334. 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.





