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.
Then and now
1955 to 1988The 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 sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Nichols quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
117 since 1992Regional 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 maintenance | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HAMILTON (53) |
| 1 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 2000 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 June 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 June 2015 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CORONET (29) |
| 21 June 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 June 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fridovich | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | 1936 | |
| Hopewell Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium | Producer | 1985 | |
| Bishop & Buttrey, Inc. - Wilder Pit #23 Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Imc Agrico - Hopewell | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | Collophane | |
| Lewis Pogue - Pogue Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Little Wheels, Inc. - Wellman-Lord Trust Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Plant City Cf | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | ||
| Willis Ekhoff - Ekhoff Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
6 since 2012Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Coronet | - | 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 2025 | Heavy Rain | Coronet | - | Home weather station along Wiggins Road in Plant City reported 9.38 inches of rain over the preceding 6 hours. |
| July 2025 | Heavy Rain | Coronet | - | Home weather station near Smith Ryals Road in Plant City reported 8.76 inches of rain over the preceding 6 hours. |
| September 2016 | Hail | Coronet | - | Nickel sized hail and very gusty winds were reported by a caller along County Line Road. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Coronet | - | Convenience Store customers reported large hail around 5:05PM, but the exact size was unknown. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Coronet | - | General public reported one inch hail near Plant City. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trapnell | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hopewell Gardens | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Youmans | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Plant City | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bealsville | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Enon | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Shilow | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Hopewell | 4.7 miles | 12 |
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.






