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.
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.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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 Brooksville SE quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
168 since 1992Regional 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 maintenance | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 27/SOULT RD FIRE/0946 |
| 7 July 1995 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 June 1995 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 June 2017 | Natural | 18 acres | Florida Forest Service | HORSE TRAIL (27) |
| 24 June 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | POWELL ROAD FIRE-0619 |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot Dade City - Mason-Smith Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrock | $15,000 | Trees 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrock | $5,000 | There was damage to a carport and trees downed on two properties on Star Road. |
| March 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrock | $3,000 | Broadcast media relayed reports of power lines down on State Road 50 between Mariner Boulevard and Highpoint Boulevard. Time was estimated based on radar. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrock | - | 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 2011 | Hail | Conrock | - | A trained spotter reported nickel to quarter size hail west of Brooksville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooksville | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Tooke Lake Junction | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Hill 'n Dale | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| South Brooksville | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| North Brooksville | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Spring Lake | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Camps | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Lake Lindsey | 5.6 miles | 14 |
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 Q122549511 | 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 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.






