Citrus Hills, Florida
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Inverness census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34442. The Survey maps it on the Holder quadrangle. 9,302 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 115 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1895 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
3 figuresCitrus Hills grew from 4,029 to 9,302 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 | 4,029 | |
| 2010 | 7,470 | +3,441 (+85%) |
| 2020 | 9,302 | +1,832 (+25%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 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.
- 1895 USGS Tsala Apopka quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Holder quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:62500, 2 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 Citrus Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,682 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 20 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 | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2003 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 145 |
| 20 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | SANCTION RD (09) |
| 15 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 09/SAND FIRE 0628 |
| 25 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 09/ST JAMES FIRE/0916 |
| 12 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 09/MIKES TRAIL 13 FIRE/0971 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Citrus Hills: 7 producers, 2 past producers, 2 plants, 1 occurrence. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citrus Co. Board of Co. Comm. - Landfill Expansion Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| J and L Croft Co. - Croft Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Acton Mine & Mill | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | ||
| Kellogg Mine & Mill | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | ||
| Manko Co Section 5 Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Carroll Contracting - Carroll Lecanto Pit | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Carrolls Lecanto Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Continental Mining - Continental's Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Howard Phosphates - Howard Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Lecanto Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Hills | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Hernando | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| Black Diamond | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Lecanto | 3.9 miles | 25 | |
| Arlington | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Pine Ridge | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| Holder | 5.5 miles | 23 | |
| Big Hammock (historical) | 6.1 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.
| Wikipedia article on Citrus Hills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1093735 | 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 1853242. 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.








