BlockElfers, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the New Port Richey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34652. The Survey maps it on the Elfers quadrangle. 14,573 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 39 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1943 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 55 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:
On record in Elfers
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Samuel Baker Houselisted 1997
Population over time
2 figuresElfers grew from 13,986 to 14,573 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13,986 | |
| 2020 | 14,573 | +587 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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 Elfers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Elfers quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Elfers quadrangle1:25000
- 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 Elfers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Elfers quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
149 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Elfers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 971 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 49 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2000 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 51/ANCLOTE FIRE-0987 |
| 17 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | MILLER BAYOU (51) |
| 17 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 1997 | Natural | 28 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2020 | Natural | 102 acres | Florida Forest Service | KEYSTONE BIKE TRAIL (52)** |
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 Elfers: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Two Three, Inc. - Day 23 Mi Ne | Sand | Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elfers in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2016 | Flood | Elfers | $89,000,000 | Heavy rains, mostly from Hurricane Hermine brought the Anclote River at Elfers into major flood stage, cresting at 25.08 feet at 1830EST on the 3rd. The river was in moderate or major flood stage from 0400EST on the 3rd through 0100EST on the 6th. In total, 2,672 properties were impacted, with 1,565 homes with minor damage, 305 homes with major damage, and 7 homes destroyed. In total, damage from the flooding was estimated to be $89 million. |
| September 2017 | Flood | Elfers | $460,000 | Heavy rains from Hurricane Irma caused the Anclote River at Elfers to rise above flood stage on the 11th, with flooding continuing through the 18th. The water level crested at 24.87 feet on the 12th, 0.87 feet above the major flooding threshold. ||The flood waters entered several homes in the Anclote River Estates and Anclote River Acres neighborhoods. Flood damage to homes was estimated at $460,000. |
| August 2025 | Flood | Elfers | $50,000 | Pasco County Public Works official reported localized flooding consisting mainly of flooded streets in the Seven Springs Homes neighborhood near New Port Richey, with multiple disabled vehicles as a result. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Elfers | $20,000 | Public videos posted to social media showed tornado near New Port Richey with damage reported to 3 cars by a downed tree and powerlines damaged by debris. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elfers | $10,000 | Power lines were reported down on the road near State Road 54 and Rowan Road. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elfers | $10,000 | Skywarn Spotters reported estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of up to 60 mph from near Elfers to Port Richey over western Pasco county. Several trees and power lines were downed on Rowan Road north of State Road 54 near Elfers. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elfers | $5,000 | Amateur radio operators and the public reported several trees and signs down along U.S. Highway 19 from Marine Parkway to Ridge Road. |
| June 2015 | Lightning | Elfers | $1,000 | Broadcast media relayed a picture from a viewer of a large tree branch that was knocked down by a lightning strike near the intersection of Highway 54 and Highway 19 just before 7 pm EDT. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Elfers | - | Public reported 1-inch hail near Holiday. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Elfers | - | Trained spotter reported 1-inch hail near Elfers. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Elfers | - | Quarter sized hail was reported near Holiday. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Elfers | - | Penny sized hail was reported east of Holiday. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Lakes | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Beacon Square | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| New Port Richey | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Holiday | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Gulf Harbors | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Forest Hills | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Seven Springs | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Trinity | 3.3 miles | 17 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Elfers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q629774 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 282152. 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.