BlockFloral City, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Inverness census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34436. It lies near Duval Island. The Survey maps it on the Nobleton quadrangle. 5,261 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 62 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1954 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
On record in Floral City
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
Floral City Historic Districtlisted 1993
Population over time
2 figuresFloral City grew from 5,217 to 5,261 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 | 5,217 | |
| 2020 | 5,261 | +44 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1954 USGS Nobleton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 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
- 1979 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
137 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Floral City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,176 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 10 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 burning | 35 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | 7.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 09/WINDROW FIRE/0856 |
| 27 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 1998 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | DIRT BIKE (09) |
| 9 July 2012 | Natural | 12 acres | Florida Forest Service | AMY RD (09) |
| 8 July 2017 | Natural | 1,700 acres | Florida Forest Service | COD DR (09) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Floral City: 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fullers Earth, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecanto Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Storey Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Fullers Earth Prospect | Fullers Earth | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Fullers Earth Prospect | Fullers Earth | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
21 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Floral City in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floral City | $250,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged the roofs of 23 homes, downed trees atop a few vehicles, snapped several large branches and downed power lines along Trails End Road. |
| June 2013 | Lightning | Floral City | $95,000 | Broadcast media reported Fire Rescue crews reported to the scene of a house fire in Floral City, FL, believed to be caused by a lightning strike. No one was home at the time and no injuries were reported. Damage was estimated to be around $95,000. |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Floral City | $75,000 | An F0 tornado touched down and toppled a few large trees, several branches and power lines in the Heatherwood subdivision, 4.5 miles west southwest of Floral City, in eastern Citrus county. Most of the damage occurred along South Hammock Avenue, South Juneau Point and County Road 581 before the small tornado lifted and dissipated. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floral City | $20,000 | A tree fell through a house and trapped a resident inside. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floral City | $15,000 | Several trees uprooted and/or with large broken limbs in Heatherwood and Flutter Terrace areas around 480 and 581. There were also numerous power lines down from trees falling onto them and several poles were leaning significantly as well. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floral City | $10,000 | A thunderstorm wind gust of up to 50 mph toppled a lone water oak tree onto the garage of a home along the 6800 block of Duval Island Drive in Floral City. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floral City | $5,000 | Citrus County Emergency Management reported a downed tree on a mobile home in the Singing Forest Mobile Home Park. |
| June 1999 | Lightning | Floral City | $5,000 | Lightning struck and ignited a fire in the kitchen of a mobile home in Floral City. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floral City | $1,000 | The Citrus County emergency manager relayed a report received from a Sheriffs deputy of multiple downed trees and an overturned car port near Floral City. |
| March 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floral City | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on Stage Coach Trail near Highway 291. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floral City | - | Several trees were down across the city. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Floral City | - | Quarter sized hail was reported on County Highway 581. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Floral City | - | Penny to nickel size hail was reported by a trained spotter and emergency management. |
| September 2004 | Heavy Rain | Floral City | - | A National Weather Service observer recorded 6.66" of rain. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floral City | - | Numerous large oak limbs down with average diameter of four inches. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Floral City | - | A Skywarn Spotter reported nickel sized hail north of Floral City that lasted for up to 25 minutes. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Floral City | - | A Skywarn Spotter reported nickel sized hail near Floral City Road, four miles north of Floral City in eastern Citrus county. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Floral City | - | Dime sized hail was reported by the public along County Road 581 near the Heathwood Estates subdivision. |
| December 1997 | Dense Fog | Floral City | - | Dense fog that reduced visibility to less than a quarter mile occurred along the shores of Lake Hernando and along the U.S. Highway 41 corridor. |
| June 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Floral City | - | Brief tornado touchdown on S.R. 581. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floral City | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Floral City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1429333 | 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 282585. 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.