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Winter Park, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Orlando census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32789. It lies near Isle of Sicily. The Survey maps it on the Orlando East quadrangle. 29,795 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 92 feet above sea level.

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

Compare 1955 against another survey:

On record in Winter Park

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 12 of 13 shown

Every listing in Orange County

Population over time

2 figures

Winter Park grew from 27,852 to 29,795 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
201027,852
202029,795+1,943 (+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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Winter Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 131 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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 use17
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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 August 1992Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 July 1992Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 June 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 June 2000Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winter Park in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 13 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
June 2008LightningWinter Park1 hurtA Winter Park man was slightly injured by lightning while setting on his apartment balcony.
August 2007LightningWinter Park1 hurtA school crossing guard was struck and injured by lightning while on duty in Winter Park. He was hospitalized with burns and released.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindWinter Park$50,000Strong thunderstorm winds blew a tin roof off a car dealership in Winter Park.
June 2002LightningWinter Park$10,000Lightning started a fire that damaged an apartment in Winter Park.
April 2021HailWinter Park-Public reports quarter to golf ball sized hail in Winter Park.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindWinter Park-Broadcast Media relayed several images and a video on Twitter of several large downed trees in the Winter Park area. Several pictures showed large downed trees blocking Lee Road and Edwin Boulevard.
January 2011Thunderstorm WindWinter Park-Several trees blown down in Azalea Park as squall line passed.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindWinter Park-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree onto a home in Winter Park. Powerlines were also downed by winds on a street nearby.
August 2007HailWinter Park-Penny size hail was reported near Winter Park.
July 2005Funnel CloudWinter Park-Orange County Sheriffs Office reported a funnel cloud over Winter Park.
September 2005Heavy RainWinter Park-Over 3 inches of rain fell in Winter Park.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWinter Park-Several roads closed due to large limbs down.
July 2001Flash FloodWinter Park-About 5 inches of rain fell in the Winter Park and Maitland areas causing flooding of major roadways throughout the area.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindWinter Park-Severe thunderstorm winds blew down power lines in Winter Park.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindWinter Park-Thunderstorm winds blew down two trees and large limbs in Winter Park.
August 2000HailWinter Park-Trees and power lines were blown down and dime size hail fell at Winter Park.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindWinter Park-Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees in Winter Park and adjacent areas of Orlando.
June 1999HailWinter Park-One inch hail fell and a few power lines were blown down around Winter Park.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindWinter Park-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees in Winter Park and damaged a roof top water cooler in Maitland.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindWinter Park-Strong thunderstorm winds blew down trees, some of which damaged homes in the area.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindWinter Park-Strong thunderstorm winds blew down trees, some of which damaged homes in the area.
June 2007HailWinter Park-no account filed
May 2005HailWinter Park-no account filed
August 2005HailWinter Park-no account filed
April 2003HailWinter Park-no account filed
August 2003HailWinter Park-no account filed
June 2001HailWinter Park-no account filed
May 1999HailWinter Park-no account filed
June 1999HailWinter Park-no account filed
July 1997HailWinter Park-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindWinter 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
Aloma1.7 miles14
Maitland2.3 miles15
Eatonville2.4 miles15
Fairview Shores3.0 miles15
Union Park3.6 miles14
Fairvilla4.0 miles15
Azalea Park4.5 miles14
Riverside Acres4.7 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 Winter ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q986641The 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 293428. 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.