Bushnell, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Bushnell-Center Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33513. The Survey maps it on the Bushnell quadrangle. 3,047 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 79 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Bushnell
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 3 records
Dade Battlefield Historic MemorialNational Historic Landmark · listed 1972
Thomas R. Pierce Houselisted 1996
Wild Cow Prairie Cemeterylisted 2021
Population over time
3 figuresBushnell grew from 2,050 to 3,047 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,050 | |
| 2010 | 2,418 | +368 (+18%) |
| 2020 | 3,047 | +629 (+26%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Bushnell quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Bushnell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 439 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 4 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 | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2014 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | OAK (60) |
| 15 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 747(60) |
| 23 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | 609A (60) |
| 28 June 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 60/OAK TREE FIRE/0779 |
| 26 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 60/BATTLEFIELD FIRE/0768 |
| 15 June 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 May 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | POTTING SOIL (60) |
| 29 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 60/722 FIRE-0657 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bushnell in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 17 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | $25,000 | EM reports downed trees and power lines northwest of Bushnell. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | $20,000 | There were numerous reports of trees and power lines down in the Bushnell area. Trees were blocking the roads on Highway 301 and County Road 475 where each intersected County Road 532W. The downed trees led to a multiple vehicle accident on County Road 475. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Bushnell | $20,000 | Skywarn Spotters reported that wind blown dime to nickel sized hail damaged a few vehicles in Bushnell. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | $15,000 | There were numerous reports of trees and power lines down in the Bushnell area. A tree blocked the road near the intersection of County Road 476 and County Road 609A. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | $10,000 | Sumter County Emergency Management reported numerous downed trees on Jumper Drive in Bushnell. One house sustained minor roof damage from a tree. The Osprey Point Nursing Center also sustained minor damage to the facade of the building. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | $10,000 | The Sumter county emergency management reported thunderstorm winds damaged a few sheds, downed a few trees and several large branches along U.S. Highway 301 in extreme southern Sumter county. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | $10,000 | Sumter County Emergency Management reported that thunderstorm winds downed several power lines and large branches along U.S. Highway 301 between Bushnell and Sumterville. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | $10,000 | A Skywarn Spotter reported that a 50 mph thunderstorm wind gust caused minor to moderate damage to one quarter of a metal type quonset barn along County Road 575 north of County Road 476. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | $5,000 | There were several reports of trees, power lines, and numerous medium to large tree limbs downed around the city of Bushnell. |
| June 2007 | Lightning | Bushnell | $5,000 | Lightning ignited a fire in the eaves of a church a few mile east of Bushnell. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds down trees and took the roof off of one mobile home in Bushnell. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | $5,000 | Skywarn Spotters reported that thunderstorm winds removed the roof of a greenhouse and downed a few large trees and several large branches along a three quarter mile long and 200 yard path in Bushnell. |
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted a tree which crashed into a house. |
| September 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Bushnell | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Bushnell | $4,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees, several large limbs and a couple power lines along U.S. Highway 301 in Bushnell. |
| January 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Bushnell | $2,000 | Brief tornado touchdowns did minor damage. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | $1,000 | A local TV station shared pictures of a few large trees down in Bushnell. A trampoline was also tossed into a tree. |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 2018 | Hail | Bushnell | - | Sumter County Sheriff's Office reported nickel size hail in Wahoo. |
| February 2004 | Heavy Rain | Bushnell | - | Bushnell recorded 6.51 inches of rain during the event. |
| March 2001 | Hail | Bushnell | - | Quarter sized hail was reported by Sumter county emergency management along County Road 476B in extreme southwest Sumter county. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Bushnell | - | Dime sized hail was reported by Sumter County Emergency Management on the 1000 block of County Road 48. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Bushnell | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carver | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Lincoln Park | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bevilles Corner | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Catherine | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Wahoo | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Webster | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Grove | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sumterville | 6.1 miles | 15 |
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 Bushnell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2153058 | 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 279729. 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.
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.






