Bloomingdale, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Brandon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33596. The Survey maps it on the Dover quadrangle. 22,947 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 52 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1955 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 33 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresBloomingdale grew from 22,711 to 22,947 between 2010 and 2020. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 22,711 | |
| 2020 | 22,947 | +236 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Dover quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
98 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Bloomingdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,175 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 29 TATE |
| 8 July 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 1992 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 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 Bloomingdale: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot Tampa - Sydney Washer Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Ranch Rd. Grove Corporation - Ranch Road Grove 1a Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bloomingdale in 7 storm reports between 2005 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2017 | Flood | Bloomingdale | $2,000,000 | Heavy rains from Hurricane Irma caused the Alafia River at Lithia to rise above flood stage on the 11th, with flooding continuing through the 18th. The water level crested at 22.79 feet on the 12th, 3.79 feet above the major flooding threshold. This marks the 5th highest crest in history for the Alafia River at Lithia.||The flood waters entered several homes in near Lithia Pinecrest Road. Flood damage to homes was estimated at $2 million. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomingdale | $5,000 | An off-duty NWS employee reported a large tree branch that had fallen onto a vehicle in the driveway. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomingdale | $2,000 | Media relayed image of large tree downed on Belle Timber Ave near Bloomingdale. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomingdale | $2,000 | A trained spotter reported 2-3 downed oak trees along Bloomingdale Avenue. Time was estimated from radar. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomingdale | $1,000 | Local TV coverage showed a large tree down near the intersection of Bloomingdale Ave. and Lithia Pincrest Rd. |
| July 2014 | Lightning | Bloomingdale | $250 | An NWS employee reported a lightning strike to a tree. After being struck, a large tree branch fell across a residential road. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Bloomingdale | - | no account filed |
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 Bloomingdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q885388 | 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 278999. 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.






