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Union Park, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Union Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32807. The Survey maps it on the Orlando East quadrangle. 10,452 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 82 feet above sea level.

Union Park within Orange County

Then and now

1955 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Union Park, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Union Park, surveyed 1955

Compare 1955 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Union Park grew from 9,765 to 10,452 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.

YearPeople Change
20109,765
202010,452+687 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Union Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 343 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 21 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
Equipment and vehicle use28
Railroad operations and maintenance27
Arson/incendiarism21
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony6
Fireworks2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
26 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 1992Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 July 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 July 2003Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCURRYFORD
15 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 June 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

25 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union Park in 25 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 14 hail, 3 funnel cloud, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2004LightningUnion Park1 hurt, $30,000A Union Park woman was hospitalized with burns from a fire started by a lightning strike.
December 2018Tornado (EF0)Union Park$40,000Local media forwarded a report of a screened pool enclosure destroyed at a home on Wildlife Place in Orlando. Delayed reports from Orange County Fire Rescue indicated two nearby homes on Brown Trout Circle also experienced some minor structural damage. Residents reportedly witnessed the tornado.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindUnion Park$2,000Law enforcement reported a few trees down in the Orlando area.
May 2025Funnel CloudUnion Park-Public observed funnel cloud near the intersection of Alafaya Trail and SR 408.
April 2021HailUnion Park-Public reported quarter sized hail just north of the University of Central Florida campus.
May 2020HailUnion Park-A trained spotter reported penny sized hail on State Road 417 about a mile south of State Road 408.
May 2020HailUnion Park-Local broadcast media relayed a report of half dollar size hail near the intersection of Curry Ford Road and Dean Road.
May 2020HailUnion Park-An emergency manager reported quarter sized hail.
May 2019HailUnion Park-Local broadcast media relayed reports of quarter-sized hail in Union Park near the intersection of Antibes Court and Chickasaw Trail.
May 2019HailUnion Park-An amateur radio operator reported quarter-sized hail near the intersection of State Road 50 and Goldenrod Road.
April 2013Funnel CloudUnion Park-Report relayed from Fire/Rescue of funnel cloud sighting near State Road 408 and Dean Road. Photo taken of funnel cloud.
June 2013Heavy RainUnion Park-CoCoRaHS station FL-OR-1 recorded a storm total rainfall of 5.29 during Tropical Storm Andrea.
July 2011HailUnion Park-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail near Highway 408 and Goldenrod Road east of Orlando.
March 2011HailUnion Park-A weather spotter observed nickel to quarter sized hail at the Waterford Lakes Shopping Center.
May 2011HailUnion Park-Penny to nickel sized hail was reported by Orlando media at the intersection of North Dean Road and University Boulevard just west of the University of Central Florida.
May 2011HailUnion Park-Orlando media relayed reports of up to quarter sized hail near the University of Central Florida campus and Highway 417.
October 2011Heavy RainUnion Park-Heavy rainfall associated with persistent cells produced urban, small stream, and roadway flooding in the Union Park area. Minor roadway and lowland flooding occurred within other parts of the county. The highest 3-day rainfall total reported within Orange County, ending at 0600 EST October 10, was 10.10 inches, at a CoCoRaHS site located 3.9 miles east of Union Park (FL-OR-9).
September 2011Tornado (EF0)Union Park-A citizen observed a funnel cloud briefly touch down in a mostly vacant lot near the intersection of Highway 50 and Highway 417 in Orlando. The landspout tornado picked up some sand and dust, which was lifted aloft within a debris cloud. The touchdown lasted between 30 and 60 seconds and resulted in no damage. Observations from three nearby construction workers suggest the winds were well below severe limits (estimated at only 30-35 mph).
June 2010Thunderstorm WindUnion Park-Sea breeze boundaries collided and produced a severe thunderstorm which damaged several mobile homes within the Colonial Village Mobile Home Park in Orlando. The winds downed several trees, damaged siding and gutters on several mobile homes and destroyed a car port.
June 2010HailUnion Park-Penny sized hail was observed during a thunderstorm, near the intersection of Dean Road and University Boulevard by a citizen.
June 2008HailUnion Park-Penny size hail was reported at the intersection of East Colonial Drive and Goldenrod Road.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindUnion Park-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees in Union Park. A 60 foot tall tree was blown down in Ocoee.
June 2001Funnel CloudUnion Park-A funnel cloud was reported by the public over Union Park.
June 2001HailUnion Park-no account filed
April 2000HailUnion Park-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange 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
Azalea Park2.0 miles14
Aloma2.5 miles14
Winter Park3.6 miles14
Alafaya4.0 miles13
University Park4.1 miles13
Conway5.1 miles14
Orlando5.3 miles15
Maitland5.8 miles15

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 Union ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2422012The 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 292669. 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.