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Photograph of Ryan & Company Lumber Yard
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Ryan & Company Lumber Yard

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1955.

From the record

“The Ryan & Company Lumber Yard is a historic site in Apopka, Florida. On February 25, 1993, it was added to the U.S.”

Wikipedia article Ryan & Company Lumber Yard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 56 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 1993 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 2 structuress as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 215 E. Fifth St., Apopka, 32703
  • When was it listed? February 1993
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Apopka
  • National Register reference number. 93000074 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

46 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Ryan & Company Lumber Yard between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,088 acres in total. None 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
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
27 September 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceJUNE BUG (48)
8 July 2016Debris and open burning775 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSPRINGS (48)
23 July 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCLARKE (48)
23 July 1996Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 July 1998Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 June 2008Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCOLD CAT FISH (04)
6 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePITT (4)

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ryan & Company Lumber Yard: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Plymouth PitClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Warren PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this property

36 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Apopka, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 17 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 4 lightning, 2 tornado. The reports record 3 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
September 2010LightningSouth Apopka2 hurtAn isolated early evening thunderstorm developed just south of Wekiva High School, where a football game was underway. School officials suspended the game and asked spectators to evacuate the stadium. As the stadium was being cleared, lightning struck one of four towering light posts and two people were injured (one person was leaning against a metal fence adjacent to the stands). Both individuals were transported to the hospital and were later released.
March 2001LightningApopka1 hurtasdfasdf
June 2006LightningApopka$70,000A lightning strike caused a fire that severly damaged a house in Apopka.
October 2006Tornado (F0)Apopka$70,000A small F0 tornado touched down briefly in Apopka blowing down small trees, power lines and taking the flat roof surface off a small apartment building.
June 2007LightningApopka$40,000Lightning sparked a fire that heavily damaged a home in Apopka.
June 2006Tornado (F0)Apopka$10,000Television news media reported a brief tornado touchdown in Apopka, bringing down a few trees and power lines.
March 1995Thunderstorm WindApopka$10,000A severe thunderstorm destroyed the roof of a large warehouse four miles north of Apopka. Damage estimates were near $10,000
September 2023Thunderstorm WindSouth Apopka$1,000Orange County Fire Rescue reported wires down at 1203 West Pine St.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindApopka$1,000Orange County Fire Rescue reported a tree down at 203 South Wekiwa Springs Rd in Apopka.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindApopka-A trained spotter reported several large branches down in Apopka, with winds estimated at 60 mph during a severe thunderstorm.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindApopka-Broadcast Media relayed reports via Twitter of a downed tree and downed power lines in South Apopka. The power lines were downed across 15th street and Central Avenue, while the downed tree was on Chisholm Street.
April 2012HailApopka-A spotter reported penny sized hail about three miles east of Apopka.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindSouth Apopka-A weather spotter estimated winds over 60 mph downed large trees limbs and powerlines.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindApopka-A large tree was toppled by high winds and landed on a home on Claracona Road.
April 2008HailApopka-A local TV station on Orlando reported nickel size hail in Apopka.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindApopka-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree in Apopka.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindApopka-Orange County Fire/Rescue reported a tree down on power lines and a shed damaged.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindApopka-Trees and power lines down.
October 2006HailApopka-Nickel size hail was reported in Apopka.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindApopka-Large trees were blown down at Wekiva Springs State Park.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindApopka-Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs near Apopka.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindApopka-Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree and rolled over three boats on Bear Lake.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindApopka-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines in Apopka.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindApopka-Several large trees were blown down in Wekiwa Springs State Park.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindApopka-Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines in Apopka.
October 1997Thunderstorm WindApopka-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines in Apopka.
July 1994HailApopka-Dime-size hail fell in Apopka.
May 2007HailApopka-no account filed
July 2005HailApopka-no account filed
June 2004HailApopka-no account filed
May 2003HailApopka-no account filed
June 2003HailApopka-no account filed
May 1999HailApopka-no account filed
May 1998HailApopka-no account filed
July 1996HailApopka-no account filed
March 1996HailApopka-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange County

Maps showing this location

6 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Carroll Building0.1 miles1993
Apopka Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot0.2 miles1993
Waite-Davis House0.5 miles1990
Mitchill-Tibbetts House0.5 miles1991
Withers-Maguire House7.3 miles1987
James Laughlin House7.4 miles2016

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 93000074 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Orange CountyAll 56 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • 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.
  • 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.