BlockChassahowitzka, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Crystal River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34448. It stands on Baird Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chassahowitzka quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 25 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
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.
- 1954 USGS Chassahowitzka quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 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
- 1979 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
179 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Chassahowitzka between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,352 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 29 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2005 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 09/ OAK RIDGE FIRE 0647 |
| 24 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | FLING (09) |
| 24 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | KNIGHTWOOD POINT (09) |
| 18 September 2008 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | 09/SCRUB FIRE/0934 |
| 17 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 09/TROUBADOR FIRE/0929 |
| 12 September 1997 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 1993 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chassahowitzka in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2014: 3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Chassahowitzka | $90,000 | A tornado produced a narrow damage path with 20 homes receiving minor damage, two mobile homes destroyed, and one block home with major damage. Numerous trees were knocked down. |
| August 2000 | Flood | Chassahowitzka | $50,000 | Heavy rainfall of four to six inches in less than two hours caused localized urban flooding from Beverly Hills south to Chassahowitzka in Citrus county. A few vehicles incurred water damage at low-lying flooded intersections in Crystal River, Beverly Hills and Chassahowitzka of Citrus county. |
| July 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Chassahowitzka | $50,000 | A tornado did major damage to one mobile home and minor damage to two others at the Waldenwood Mobile Home Park near Chassahowitzka. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chassahowitzka | $40,000 | The down burst wind damage path was 5 miles long and up to one half mile wide. The damage started in Hernando County and moved northeast into Citrus County. Numerous pines were snapped and many homes lost about 15% of their shingles. This event was not documented as a tornado due to conflicting evidence (e.g. power lines untouched near a handful of trees snapped in a large cluster of trees). |
| June 2008 | Lightning | Chassahowitzka | $10,000 | A lightning strike started a 10 to 15 acre brush fire near Tropical Lane and W Miss Maggie Drive. The flames damaged a boat, RV and a camper. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chassahowitzka | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and caused minor damage to the roofs and lanais of a few mobile homes near the intersection U.S. Highways 19 and 98 one mile east of Chassahowitzka. |
| November 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chassahowitzka | $1,000 | Numerous large tree limbs were reported to be knocked down in the Sugarmills Woods Community. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Chassahowitzka | - | Pictures were posted on social media sites of half dollar sized hail near Sugarmill Woods and Homosassa. Time was estimated by radar. |
| March 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Chassahowitzka | - | A tornado moving over a wooded area near US Highway 19 near Chassahowitzka was sighted by a couple of trained spotters. The tornado remained over the wooded area and lifted before moving over inhabited areas which limited damage to fallen trees. |
| June 2006 | Heavy Rain | Chassahowitzka | - | The rainfall was 3.86 inches. |
| February 2004 | Heavy Rain | Chassahowitzka | - | Chassahowitzka recorded 4.33 inches of rain during the event. |
| September 2004 | Heavy Rain | Chassahowitzka | - | A National Weather Service observer one mile east of Chassahowitzka recorded 15.81" and another observer six miles north of Hernado recorded 10.55". |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarmill Woods | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Homosassa | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Homosassa Springs | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Big Hammock (historical) | 8.9 miles | 25 | |
| Ozello | 8.9 miles | 17 | |
| Cutlers | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Landrum | 10.4 miles | 25 | |
| Lecanto | 10.6 miles | 25 |
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 Q122572088 | 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 280337. 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.