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Ellenton, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Bradenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34222. It sits by Rocky Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Palmetto quadrangle. 4,129 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 10 feet above sea level.

Ellenton within Manatee County

Then and now

1921 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ellenton, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Ellenton, surveyed 1921

On record in Ellenton

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

Population over time

3 figures

Ellenton grew from 3,142 to 4,129 between 2000 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.

YearPeople Change
20003,142
20104,275+1,133 (+36%)
20204,129-146 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Ellenton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 175 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning10
Natural9
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
28 September 1993Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service41-ELLENTON SMOKE FIRE-0436
8 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 July 2016Natural50 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINE ISLAND (41)
8 July 2004Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service13TH AV FIRE
8 July 2004Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBRIGHT HOUSE FIRE
31 July 2003Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-15-1082
19 July 1999Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Manatee County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ellenton: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite, 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
Clarks Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, DolomitePast Producer
Palmetto Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bradenton Dolomite QuarryDolomitePast Producer
Minton Dolomite QuarryDolomitePast Producer
Palmetto Dolomite QuarryDolomitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Manatee County

Storms near this place

15 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellenton in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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
July 2004LightningEllenton1 killedA 42 year old male was struck and killed by lightning in the 6000 block of 13th Avenue East in Ellenton.
July 2006LightningEllenton1 hurtLightning struck a 16-year-old male as he was doing yard work for his family's lawn care business. The bolt struck a large nearby tree and the boy at the same time. A large branch from the tree fell and struck the boy who was listed in critical condition at a nearby hospital.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindEllenton$50,000Two empty tractor trailers were blown over on Interstate 75 at exit 224 by a microburst wind gust. Neither driver reported injuries. In a nearby landscaping area at the interstate exit, a couple palm trees were uprooted and several newly planted oak trees were snapped off near the bases.
July 1999Tornado (F0)Ellenton$50,000A tornado touched down in the Tideview Estates Mobile Home Park and damaged the roof of one home, destroyed a carport and removed three porch enclosures. The tornado proceeded to strike the Blackburn Elementary School and caused minor siding and awning damage to the building before it lifted and dissipated.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindEllenton$20,000Thunderstorm wind severely damaged a mobile home and downed a few trees in Ellenton along U.S. Highway 301.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindEllenton$10,000State Emergency Management reported a tree downed onto a home in Ellenton.
January 2019Thunderstorm WindEllenton$10,000Minor damage was found to a mobile home in the Palm Grove Rental Resort. Nearby in Parish, large sections of vinyl fences were blown out by the wind.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindEllenton$10,000Emergency manager reported an oak tree down on a home. Time was estimated from doppler radar.
September 2004Heavy RainEllenton-A National Weather Service observer three miles southeast of Ellenton recorded 6.16".
July 2002LightningEllenton-Lightning struck and disabled a vehicle on I75 near the I275 interchange.
May 2001HailEllenton-The public reported, through Bay News Nine Cable, dime sized hail, from the intersection of Interstate 75 and State Road 43 in Ellenton, to the Sun Key Village subdivision along U.S. Highway 41 near the Manatee-Hillsborough county border.
June 2001WaterspoutEllenton-The public reported, through the Manatee county sheriffs department, a waterspout east of Interstate 75 over the Manatee River.
August 2000HailEllenton-A Skywarn Spotter reported dime sized hail in Ellenton.
August 1993HailEllenton-Quarter-size hail fell.
June 2004HailEllenton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Manatee 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
Fullers Earth0.6 miles17
Manavista0.6 miles17
Braden Castle1.8 miles14
Memphis Heights1.8 miles17
Manatee1.9 miles14
Memphis2.0 miles17
Palmetto2.4 miles17
Bradenton3.0 miles14

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 EllentonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2094940The 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 282171. 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.