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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.

Orlando within Rockcastle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

268 since 1992

Regional 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 burning103
Arson/incendiarism100
Missing data/not specified/undetermined52
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1998Arson/incendiarism30 acresDaniel Boone National ForestPOPLAR GAP
23 September 2008Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2008Arson/incendiarism12 acresDaniel Boone National ForestGREEN POND
19 September 2007Debris and open burning12 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism35 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rockcastle County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mount Vernon MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mullins MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rockcastle County

Storms near this place

9 since 2006

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2015FloodOrlando$1,000Cove Creek had left its banks and caused the nearby road to flood.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOrlando-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 2022Thunderstorm WindOrlando-A tree was reported to have been blown down along KY-1004 northeast of Mount Vernon, near Orlando.
June 2019FloodOrlando-A citizen observed water on Cove Branch Road from Roundstone Creek overflowing its banks northeast of Mount Vernon.
July 2014HailOrlando-Half dollar size hail was observed on Maple Grove Road.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindOrlando-Several trees were blown down off of Big Cave Road.
May 2010Flash FloodOrlando-Sections of KY Hwy 1912 and KY Hwy 1004 near in and around Orlando were closed due to flooding.
September 2009Flash FloodOrlando-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 2006Thunderstorm WindOrlando-Two trees and multiple large limbs down.

Every storm recorded in Rockcastle 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
Flat Rock0.8 miles16
Hummel1.9 miles13
Mullins2.9 miles15
Burr2.9 miles16
Pine Hill3.0 miles16
Sinks3.2 miles15
Renfro Valley3.5 miles13
Wildie3.9 miles13

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 OrlandoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7103021The 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.