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Conrock, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Brooksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34601. The Survey maps it on the Brooksville SE quadrangle.

Conrock within Hernando County

Then and now

1954 to 1979

The 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 sheet of Conrock, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Conrock, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

168 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Conrock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,692 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 19 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 maintenance42
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Other causes2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
11 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service27/SOULT RD FIRE/0946
7 July 1995Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 July 1996Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 July 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 June 1995Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 June 2017Natural18 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHORSE TRAIL (27)
24 June 2004Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePOWELL ROAD FIRE-0619

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hernando County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Conrock: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dot Dade City - Mason-Smith MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone

Every working recorded in Hernando County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conrock in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2014: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Thunderstorm WindConrock$15,000Trees were blown down and fell into mobile homes. Also, a roof was blown off of a mobile home. The damamge occurred along Club House Road in the High Point Mobile Home Park.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindConrock$5,000There was damage to a carport and trees downed on two properties on Star Road.
March 2014Thunderstorm WindConrock$3,000Broadcast media relayed reports of power lines down on State Road 50 between Mariner Boulevard and Highpoint Boulevard. Time was estimated based on radar.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindConrock-Hernando county emergency manager forwarded pictures of damage. Most damage appears to be sub-severe with damage to patio screens and mobile homes. However, there were some indications that winds may briefly have been in the 55 to 65 mph range as seen in pictures of downed, healthy trees and some minor roof damage.
January 2011HailConrock-A trained spotter reported nickel to quarter size hail west of Brooksville.

Every storm recorded in Hernando County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Brooksville2.5 miles16
Tooke Lake Junction2.9 miles16
Hill 'n Dale3.3 miles14
South Brooksville3.6 miles16
North Brooksville3.8 miles16
Spring Lake4.7 miles15
Camps5.4 miles16
Lake Lindsey5.6 miles14

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 Q122549511The 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 300932. 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.