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Hernando, Florida

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Inverness census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34442. The Survey maps it on the Stokes Ferry quadrangle. 9,284 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 56 feet above sea level.

Hernando within Citrus County

Then and now

1895 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hernando, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Hernando, surveyed 1895

On record in Hernando

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

2 figures

Hernando grew from 9,054 to 9,284 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.

YearPeople Change
20109,054
20209,284+230 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

176 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Hernando between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,955 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 27 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
Natural36
Railroad operations and maintenance28
Arson/incendiarism27
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use21
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service09/SAND FIRE 0628
25 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service09/ST JAMES FIRE/0916
12 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service09/MIKES TRAIL 13 FIRE/0971
12 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service09/HAMMOCK FIRE/0884
11 August 2020Natural40 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTRAIL 11 (09)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Citrus County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hernando: 2 plants, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand, 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
Unnamed Aggregate QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Citrus Co. Board of Co. Comm. - Landfill Expansion MineSandUnknown
J and L Croft Co. - Croft PitSandProducer
Acton Mine & MillPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Kellogg Mine & MillPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Manko Co Section 5 MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer

Every working recorded in Citrus County

Storms near this place

12 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hernando in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 5 injuries. 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
June 2000LightningHernando4 hurtLightning struck and injured four people, three men and a woman, at the Andres of Citrus Hills golf course in Hernando. The four struck by lightning had sought shelter beneath a covered golf bag rack 30 feet from the pro shop at the golf course. Two men who received the greatest injuries were knocked unconscious and had their hearts stopped by the lightning strike. All four victims were resuscitated with CPR. The female struck was thrown several feet by the force of the lightning bolt.
March 2001Tornado (F0)Hernando1 hurt, $75,000Citrus county emergency management reported that a F0 tornado initially touched down near East Bryant Street and North Croft Avenue, two miles south-southwest of Hernando, and sporadically touched down as it moved northeast across mixed residential neighborhoods near U.S. Highway 41. The tornado continued northeast, then lifted and dissipated near East Parson Point Road, one mile east of Hernando. The tornado caused mainly minor damage to roof tiles, awnings, sheds, lanais of homes and toppled a few trees along its narrow path. A woman was injured from shattered glass when wind blown debris broke her vehicle's windshield along North Croft Avenue.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindHernando$20,000Thunderstorms developed along the sea breeze front. One of the storms produced 50 knot winds that downed trees and power lines. Roof damage was reported on two homes, one caused by a fallen tree.
August 1999LightningHernando$20,000Lightning struck and burned to the ground a wood cabin home on Warner Terrace Road east of Van Ness Road in Hernando. Eyewitness observed the lightning enter the home through the kitchen window.
January 1995Thunderstorm WindHernando$20,000Thunderstorm downburst wind blew a tree onto a house in Hernando. Roof damage and damage to concrete statues occurred near Connel Heights. Power lines were downed in Ozello.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHernando$5,000A large tree fell on a mobile home. Time of the incident was estimated by radar.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindHernando$1,000Thunderstorm wind gusts of up to 50 mph snapped a few tree branches which downed power lines on Tasha Court in Hernando of northeast Citrus County.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHernando-Citrus County Emergency Management reported trees down north of E Parsons Point Rd.
August 2011HailHernando-Nickel sized hail was reported near the city of Hernando.
March 2010Thunderstorm WindHernando-Four trees were downed six miles north of Hernando.
July 2007Heavy RainHernando-A trained spotter reported 4.85 inches of rain. The ditches were full of water but no significant flooding was observed.
May 2003HailHernando-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Citrus 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
Arlington2.2 miles24
Citrus Hills3.2 miles23
Beverly Hills4.6 miles23
Inverness5.0 miles24
Holder5.2 miles23
Pine Ridge5.9 miles23
Black Diamond6.0 miles23
Lecanto6.9 miles25

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 HernandoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1613686The 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 283922. 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.