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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.

Croom within Hernando County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The 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 sheet of Croom, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Croom, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

139 since 1992

Regional 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 use30
Arson/incendiarism26
Debris and open burning22
Natural18
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
26 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceEAGLE FALLS (27)
22 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2008Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Service27/COUNTRY FIRE/0813
8 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service27/SOULT RD FIRE/0946
1 August 1998Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 1995Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 July 1992Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hernando County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Saint Catherine QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Angelo's Crushed Concrete, Inc. - Sumter MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Florida Crushed Stone - St. Catherine QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Hernando County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2017FloodCroom$5,000,000Heavy 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.

Every storm recorded in Hernando 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
Terrell3.9 miles14
Rerdell4.0 miles14
Nobleton4.4 miles14
Rital4.5 miles14
Istachatta5.6 miles14
Hill 'n Dale6.0 miles14
Ridge Manor6.3 miles14
Conrock6.5 miles14

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.