Wewahotee, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the East Orange census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32709. The Survey maps it on the Narcoossee NE quadrangle.

Wewahotee 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 Wewahotee, surveyed 1979

Topographic sheet of Wewahotee, 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.

1953 USGS Narcoossee NE quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Kissimmee quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

163 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Wewahotee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,208 acres in total. 105 started naturally. 11 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	105
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Arson/incendiarism	11
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Railroad operations and maintenance	10
Debris and open burning	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Fireworks	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
3 September 2003	Natural	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	2003-12-1099 LOTTERY
27 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	20 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
26 September 2016	Natural	40 acres	Florida Forest Service	YELLOW LOOP (48)
1 September 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
4 August 1992	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
31 August 2007	Natural	13 acres	Florida Forest Service	TM 2 (04)
31 August 2007	Natural	13 acres	Florida Forest Service	TM (04)
30 August 1998	Natural	8.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Yalaka (historical)	4.1 miles	11
Wedgefield	4.7 miles	13
Tala Apopka (historical)	5.7 miles	11
Lake Hart	8.0 miles	11
Christmas	8.9 miles	14
Bithlo	9.2 miles	14
Lockwood	10.1 miles	13
Alafaya	11.7 miles	13

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.

Wikidata item Q122551741

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 299962. 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.