Bruing, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Tampa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33549. The Survey maps it on the Lutz quadrangle.
Then and now
1943 to 1999The same ground, surveyed 56 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1943 against another survey:
On record in Bruing
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lutz Elementary School, Oldlisted 1996 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1943 USGS Lutz quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Lutz 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
- 1974 USGS Lutz quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Lutz quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
78 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Bruing between 1992 and 2018, burning about 709 acres in total. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 19 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 1993 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 acres | Florida Forest Service | SUNLAKE (51) |
| 2 August 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 51/INDIAN HEAD FIRE/0875 |
| 4 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | BURNISTON DRIVE (29) |
| 9 June 2008 | Natural | 17 acres | Florida Forest Service | 51/WELL FIELD/0589 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bruing: 1 unknown. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centex Real Estate Corp. - Carrolton Lakes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutz | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Deer Park | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Chapman | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Cheval | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Northdale | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lake Magdalene | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Nowatney | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| North Tampa Heights | 4.8 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122595827 | 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 300079. 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.









