Croom, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Brooksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34602. The Survey maps it on the Saint Catherine quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 24 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 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.
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Catherine quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
139 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Croom between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,514 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | EAGLE FALLS (27) |
| 22 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | 27/COUNTRY FIRE/0813 |
| 8 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 27/SOULT RD FIRE/0946 |
| 1 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 1995 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Croom: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Catherine Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Angelo's Crushed Concrete, Inc. - Sumter Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone | |
| Florida Crushed Stone - St. Catherine Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Croom in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2017 | Flood | Croom | $5,000,000 | Heavy rains from Hurricane Irma caused the Withlacoochee River at Trilby to rise above flood stage on the 11th, with flooding continuing through the rest of the month. The water level crested at 17.67 feet on September 21st, 1.17 feet above the major flooding threshold. This marks the 5th highest river crest on record for the Withlacoochee River at Trilby.||Farther upstream on the Withlacoochee River, flooding begin at Croom on the 13th and continued through the rest of the month. The river level crested at 11.27 feet on the 22nd, 0.47 feet above the moderate flood stage.||The flood waters entered numerous homes, with Hernando County reporting that 4000 residents were impacted by the flooding. Flood damage to homes was estimated at $5 million. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terrell | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Rerdell | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Nobleton | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Rital | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Istachatta | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Hill 'n Dale | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Ridge Manor | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Conrock | 6.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295228. 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.






