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Gulf Pine, Florida

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the New Port Richey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33556. The Survey maps it on the Odessa quadrangle.

Gulf Pine within Pasco County

Then and now

1943 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 35 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gulf Pine, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Gulf Pine, surveyed 1943

Compare 1943 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Gulf Pine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,166 acres in total. 70 started naturally. 13 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
Natural70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
26 September 2015Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceIMPACT (29)
24 September 2010Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Service51/SANDY BRANCH/0994
18 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1993Natural44 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 1993Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service51/SKYVIEW FIRE/0850
30 August 1997Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pasco County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gulf Pine: 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 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.

Every working recorded in Pasco County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gulf Pine in 1 storm report in 2020: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2020Tornado (EFU)Gulf Pine$1,000Tornado initially reported via public in Pinellas County near Cambridge Blvd. in East Lake before entering Pasco County near Odessa. Tornado then continued for 3 miles and was reported via a storm spotter near SR 54 and Suncoast Parkway, with a nearby residence reporting downed tree limbs and patio furniture blown around.

Every storm recorded in Pasco 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
Odessa1.4 miles19
Seven Springs4.8 miles17
Trinity4.8 miles17
Forest Hills7.5 miles17
Elfers7.6 miles17
Land O' Lakes7.7 miles17
Holiday7.9 miles17
New Port Richey8.4 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122551595The 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 300902. 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.