Edison, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wimauma-Riverview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33547. The Survey maps it on the Keysville 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 Keysville 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
197 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Edison between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,323 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 9 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 | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | DREAM OAK (53) |
| 18 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 1994 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 2001 | Natural | 120 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 29 FIFTY CENT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Edison: 4 past producers, 4 plants, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agglite Debris | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1935 | |
| Kingsford Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite | Producer | 1920 | |
| Lithia-Boyette | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Hopewell Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium | Producer | 1985 | |
| Kingsford Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium | Past Producer | 1920, 1948 | |
| Nichols Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium | Past Producer | 1915, 1970 | |
| Hillsborough Mines | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Imc Agrico - New Wales | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | Collophane | |
| New Wales Imc | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | ||
| New Wales Phosphoric Acid Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edison in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2015 | Lightning | Edison | $40,000 | Lightning struck a tree late on the evening of the 26th, causing it to smoulder. When fire fighters arrived at the house at 4am the next morning, the house was fully engulfed in flames. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keysville | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Welcome | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Aldermans Ford | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pinecrest | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hopewell | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lillibridge | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bealsville | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Lithia | 5.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295257. 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.






