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Sunland Estates, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sanford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32773. The Survey maps it on the Sanford quadrangle.

Sunland Estates within Seminole 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 Sunland Estates, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Sunland Estates, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Sunland Estates between 1992 and 2016, burning about 343 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 maintenance40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
19 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceOUT THERE (03)
12 July 2011Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMORE RAIN (59)
6 June 2000Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 June 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 June 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 June 2004Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBAHAMA (O-3)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sunland Estates: 5 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Seminole 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
Bentwood Grove0.5 miles14
Fairlane Estates0.8 miles14
South Sanford Heights0.9 miles14
Elder Springs1.1 miles15
Flora Heights1.2 miles14
Pinecrest1.5 miles14
Druid Park1.6 miles14
Midway Park1.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 291831. 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.