Yalaha, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Howey-in-the-Hills-Okahumpka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34797. The Survey maps it on the Howey-in-the-Hills quadrangle. 1,505 people lived here at the 2024 count. It stands 75 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
3 figuresYalaha grew from 1,175 to 1,505 between 2000 and 2024. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,175 | |
| 2010 | 1,364 | +189 (+16%) |
| 2024 | 1,505 | +141 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Howey In The Hills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Yalaha between 1992 and 2020, burning about 915 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2001 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 35/BLOOMFIELD FIRE/0604 |
| 27 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | REVELS (35) |
| 19 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 June 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Yalaha: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astatula Sand Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Florida China Clay Company Pit | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Florida Rock Industries, Inc - Astatula Mine | Sand | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin Center | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Howey-in-the-Hills | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Lane Park | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Hawthorne | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Orange Blossom | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Eldorado | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Sunnyside | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cisky Park | 4.4 miles | 12 |
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 Yalaha | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2285845 | 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 294203. 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.





