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Cosme, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Keystone-Citrus Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33556. The Survey maps it on the Citrus Park quadrangle.

Cosme within Hillsborough County

Then and now

1947 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cosme, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Cosme, surveyed 1947

Compare 1947 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Cosme between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,068 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 18 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
Natural23
Arson/incendiarism18
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking3
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2

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
6 September 1993Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2015Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceIMPACT (29)
8 August 1993Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 1997Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 1993Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 1993Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 2016Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCYPRESS KEEP (29)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hillsborough County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Cosme: 4 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Hillsborough County

Storms near this place

4 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cosme in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
January 2024Tornado (EF1)Cosme$250,000A EF-1 tornado with maximum estimated winds of 90 mph tracked across The Eagles Golf Club northwest of Westchase, from just west of Birkdale Drive, across Nine Eagles Drive, Byrnwyck Lane and Benty Way, before lifting just west of Eagle Oak Drive. The most notable structural damage observed was the detachment/collapse of several pool cages backing up to the golf course. Additional roof and tree damage was noted, however, this appeared to be associated with inflow and/or an eventual microburst with a uniform direction to the damage. Along the path, there were a couple pockets of EF-1 damage. However, most of the surveyed damage was EF-0.
December 2022Thunderstorm WindCosme$15,000Delayed report. Metal roof of a barn torn off. Pieces of siding removed from several homes. Numerous trees down and snapped. Limb of an oak tree fell on and damaged a car. 16000 block of Copeland Farms road in Odessa.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindCosme$10,000Broadcast media reported power lines blocking the road near Patterson Road and Glass Lake Drive.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindCosme-A Pinellas County Skywarn Amateur Radio operator relayed a report given to him by a trained spotter of a 60 mph wind gust in the Oldsmar / Westchase area. The wind gust was recorded by his home weather station.

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
Foxs Corner0.5 miles17
Lake Fern2.8 miles19
Spivey3.0 miles17
Northdale3.7 miles17
Carrollwood Village4.0 miles17
Cheval4.1 miles19
Keystone4.1 miles19
Westchase4.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294725. 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.