Orlando, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Livingston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40460. It stands on Brush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle. It stands 919 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
268 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Orlando between 1992 and 2019, burning about 7,496 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 100 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 | 103 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 100 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | POPLAR GAP |
| 23 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | GREEN POND |
| 19 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Orlando: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mullins Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orlando in 9 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2015 | Flood | Orlando | $1,000 | Cove Creek had left its banks and caused the nearby road to flood. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orlando | - | Multiple reports were received of a tree blown down onto Big Cave Road (KY-1004), about a mile and a half outside of Mount Vernon. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orlando | - | A tree was reported to have been blown down along KY-1004 northeast of Mount Vernon, near Orlando. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Orlando | - | A citizen observed water on Cove Branch Road from Roundstone Creek overflowing its banks northeast of Mount Vernon. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Orlando | - | Half dollar size hail was observed on Maple Grove Road. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orlando | - | Several trees were blown down off of Big Cave Road. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Orlando | - | Sections of KY Hwy 1912 and KY Hwy 1004 near in and around Orlando were closed due to flooding. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Orlando | - | Water was reported flowing over a bridge along Highway 1912 just north of Highway 1004. Water was also reported over Climax Road in the Orlando area. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orlando | - | Two trees and multiple large limbs down. |
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.
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 Orlando | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7103021 | 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 514376. 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.
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.







