Florida Ridge, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Vero Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32962. The Survey maps it on the Oslo quadrangle. 21,302 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 20 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1949 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Florida Ridge
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Hallstrom Houselisted 2002 · 0.9 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresFlorida Ridge grew from 18,164 to 21,302 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 | 18,164 | |
| 2020 | 21,302 | +3,138 (+17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1949 USGS Oslo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Oslo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Vero Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Vero Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
259 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of Florida Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,338 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 31 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 | 51 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Natural | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MILLSTONE (31) |
| 2 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | LION (56) |
| 2 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | EMERSON (56) |
| 2 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | FIRST STREET (31) |
| 12 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Florida Ridge: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Titanium, Zirconium, Titanium-Heavy Minerals. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Stewert Trucking - Tozour Road Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Riz Mineral Co. Mine | Titanium, Zirconium | Past Producer | ||
| Vero Beach Placer | Titanium-Heavy Minerals | Producer | Kyanite, Zircon, Rutile, Leucoxene, Ilmenite |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Florida Ridge in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Florida Ridge | $24,000 | Radar-detected rotation within a northeastward moving thunderstorm cell spawned a short-track EF0 tornado in Vero Beach Highlands. A NWS damage survey estimated maximum winds of 65-70 mph. An unoccupied home on 22nd Place SE sustained major damage, with part of the roof removed. A metal storage shed on a nearby property became airborne and landed in a neighbors front yard. Small branches broke from trees and shrubs were knocked down within a and light damage (mainly to soffits and due to impact from debris) occurred to other homes within the area. There were no injuries. ||Light damage extending one block north and south of 22nd place southeast with small trees damaged and metal storage shed blown off its foundation. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oslo | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Nevins | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Poinciana Park | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Royal Poinciana Park | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| South Beach | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Vero Beach | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Riomar | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Gifford | 6.7 miles | 19 |
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 Florida Ridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2443731 | 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 1867140. 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.







