Wekiwa Springs, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Casselberry-Altamonte Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32779. The Survey maps it on the Forest City quadrangle. 23,428 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 52 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1955 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1955 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresWekiwa Springs grew from 21,998 to 23,428 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 | 21,998 | |
| 2020 | 23,428 | +1,430 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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
- 1959 USGS Forest City quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Forest City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Wekiwa Springs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,130 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SCRUB RD (48) |
| 8 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 775 acres | Florida Forest Service | SPRINGS (48) |
| 21 July 2007 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROCK GUT (04) |
| 18 July 1994 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 July 2007 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | HIPPIE (03) |
| 12 July 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | COLD CAT FISH (04) |
| 29 June 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wekiwa Springs: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Diatomite Deposits | Diatomite | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest City | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Sanlando Springs | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Weathersfield | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Orienta Gardens | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Altamonte Springs | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Alaqua Lakes | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Longwood | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Longdale | 4.9 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 Wekiwa Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2635000 | 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 1853301. 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.






