Antioch, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Tampa census division. It stands on Baker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Plant City West quadrangle.
Then and now
1944 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 34 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1944 USGS Antioch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Antioch quadrangle1:31680
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Plant City West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Antioch between 1992 and 2019, burning about 566 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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 maintenance | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SYDNEY DOVER (29) |
| 11 August 1998 | Natural | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 June 1999 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 910 |
| 12 June 2000 | Natural | 150 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 June 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Antioch: 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Peat, Magnesite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Peat Deposit | Peat, Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| F.E. Stearns Peat - Stearns Pit | Peat | Producer | ||
| Azzarelli Development Corp. - Pruit Road Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Dot Tampa - Pruitt Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Dot Tampa - Williams Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Red Barn Farm Excavation - Red Barn Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Sims Crane & Equipment Co. - Lake In the Pines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thonotosassa | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Snows Corner | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Jolly Corner | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Clarkwild | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Dover | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Kennedy Hill | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Mango Hills | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Seffner | 4.6 miles | 16 |
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 Antioch | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19321925 | 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 294654. 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.








