Drexel, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Central Pasco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34639. The Survey maps it on the Lutz quadrangle.
Then and now
1943 to 1999The same ground, surveyed 56 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1943 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1943 USGS Lutz quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Lutz quadrangle1:31680
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Lutz quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Lutz quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
113 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Drexel between 1992 and 2016, burning about 3,851 acres in total. 42 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1995 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 1992 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2014 | Natural | 4.8 acres | Florida Forest Service | RIVA RIDGE (51) |
| 10 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 51/INDIAN HEAD FIRE/0875 |
| 8 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | THE BEXLEY FIRE (51) |
| 17 July 1997 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Drexel: 1 producer. All of them 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cone Corp. - U.S. 41 Mine | Sand | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Drexel in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2019 | Lightning | Drexel | $75,000 | A fire in the attic of a house on Chessington Drive in Land O' Lakes was suspected to be caused by lightning. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drexel | $5,000 | Pasco County Emergency Management relayed a report of a mobile home that had its roof removed by strong winds in the Land O' Lakes area. |
| December 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Drexel | - | Trained spotter saw a funnel cloud that lasted about 5 minutes. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Drexel | - | Hail of up to the size of quarters was reported on Lake Thomas Road in Land O' Lakes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dupree Gardens | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Land O' Lakes | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Ehren | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Fivay Junction | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Wesley Chapel | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Odessa | 7.8 miles | 19 | |
| Greenfield | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Gulf Pine | 8.4 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294360. 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.









