Hernando Beach, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Hernando Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34607. It lies near Little Pine Island. The Survey maps it on the Aripeka quadrangle. 2,452 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1954 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Population over time
3 figuresHernando Beach grew from 2,185 to 2,452 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,185 | |
| 2010 | 2,299 | +114 (+5%) |
| 2020 | 2,452 | +153 (+7%) |
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 Aripeka quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
120 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Hernando Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,600 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 48 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 27/PALM TREE FIRE/1020 |
| 19 August 1998 | Natural | 750 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 1998 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 1997 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SHOAL LINE BLVD (27) |
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 Hernando Beach: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belcher Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oman Constr. - Aripeka Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Sun West Mining - Sun West Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hernando Beach in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Hernando Beach | $50,000 | A line of strong to severe thunderstorms produced a|tornado as the line moved onshore near Weeki Wachee. Observers|reported a waterspout moving onshore shortly after 8AM, with some|minor damage observed and reported in the vicinity. The tornado|then trekked inland through a protected forest, knocking down|trees along a river. Eventually, the tornado emerged in a|neighborhood and continued to knock down trees before dissipating|just before US19 and SR50. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Hernando Beach | $30,000 | FDEM relayed report called into Hernando County Sheriff Office by public of 3 to 4 feet of water covering road along Spring Hill Drive between U.S. Hwy 19 and Pinehurst Drive, requiring water rescues from some stalled vehicles. Caller shared video on social media also. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hernando Beach | $10,000 | Broadcast media relayed a report of down burst winds that knocked over power poles and trees, and damaged a car port and balcony near Gulf Winds Circle and Gulf View Drive in Hernando Beach. The time was estimated from radar. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hernando Beach | $8,000 | The public reported to the media that there were trees down and a pool cage was damaged that caused holes in the roof of the home in Hernando Beach. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekiwachee Gardens | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Timber Pines | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Weekiwachee Woodlands | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Weeki Wachee Acres | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Berkeley | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Weeki Wachee Gardens | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bayport | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Weeki Wachee | 5.6 miles | 14 |
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 Hernando Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2570666 | 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 1867152. 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.






