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Coronet, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Plant City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33566. The Survey maps it on the Nichols quadrangle.

Coronet within Hillsborough County

Then and now

1955 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 33 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Coronet, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Coronet, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Coronet between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,292 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 8 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 maintenance49
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural6
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
2 September 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHAMILTON (53)
1 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 June 2000Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 June 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 June 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 June 2015Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCORONET (29)
21 June 2001Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 June 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hillsborough County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Coronet: 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
FridovichPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1936
Hopewell MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, UraniumProducer1985
Bishop & Buttrey, Inc. - Wilder Pit #23 MineSandUnknown
Imc Agrico - HopewellPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducerCollophane
Lewis Pogue - Pogue MineSandUnknown
Little Wheels, Inc. - Wellman-Lord Trust MineSandUnknown
Plant City CfPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Willis Ekhoff - Ekhoff MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Hillsborough County

Storms near this place

6 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coronet in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Flash FloodCoronet-Public video posted to social media depicted fast-moving water approximately one foot deep from Howell Branch Creek overtopping both lanes of Trapnell Road just east of Smith Ryals Road. Flooding from the creek was also evident spreading across nearby adjacent fields also.
July 2025Heavy RainCoronet-Home weather station along Wiggins Road in Plant City reported 9.38 inches of rain over the preceding 6 hours.
July 2025Heavy RainCoronet-Home weather station near Smith Ryals Road in Plant City reported 8.76 inches of rain over the preceding 6 hours.
September 2016HailCoronet-Nickel sized hail and very gusty winds were reported by a caller along County Line Road.
July 2014HailCoronet-Convenience Store customers reported large hail around 5:05PM, but the exact size was unknown.
June 2012HailCoronet-General public reported one inch hail near Plant City.

Every storm recorded in Hillsborough 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
Trapnell1.9 miles12
Hopewell Gardens2.6 miles13
Youmans2.7 miles16
Plant City2.7 miles16
Bealsville2.9 miles12
Mount Enon3.5 miles16
Shilow4.4 miles16
Hopewell4.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 280861. 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.