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University Park, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Union Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32828. The Survey maps it on the Oviedo SW quadrangle.

University Park within Orange County

Then and now

1953 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 26 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of University Park, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of University Park, surveyed 1953

Compare 1953 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

227 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 227 fires within 5 miles of University Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,291 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 54 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
Arson/incendiarism54
Natural48
Equipment and vehicle use38
Railroad operations and maintenance35
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2

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
3 September 2000Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service314
21 August 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceAFTON (48)
20 August 2000Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2005Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCHAINLINK (4)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of University Park: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sullivan Materials - Sullivan Materials MineSandUnknownSand

Every working 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
Alafaya0.3 miles13
Lockwood3.4 miles13
Union Park4.1 miles14
Lake Pickett5.0 miles14
Azalea Park5.2 miles14
Bithlo5.5 miles14
Aloma5.7 miles14
Tala Apopka (historical)7.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 299954. 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.