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.
Then and now
1895 to 1979The 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.


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
Hernando Elementary School, Oldlisted 2001
Population over time
2 figuresHernando 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9,054 | |
| 2020 | 9,284 | +230 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 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.
- 1895 USGS Tsala Apopka quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Stokes Ferry quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Tsala Apopka NE quadrangle1:24000
- 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
176 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 36 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 09/SAND FIRE 0628 |
| 25 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 09/ST JAMES FIRE/0916 |
| 12 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 09/MIKES TRAIL 13 FIRE/0971 |
| 12 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 09/HAMMOCK FIRE/0884 |
| 11 August 2020 | Natural | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | TRAIL 11 (09) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Aggregate Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Citrus Co. Board of Co. Comm. - Landfill Expansion Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| J and L Croft Co. - Croft Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Acton Mine & Mill | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | ||
| Kellogg Mine & Mill | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | ||
| Manko Co Section 5 Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Lightning | Hernando | 4 hurt | Lightning 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 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Hernando | 1 hurt, $75,000 | Citrus 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 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hernando | $20,000 | Thunderstorms 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 1999 | Lightning | Hernando | $20,000 | Lightning 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hernando | $20,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hernando | $5,000 | A large tree fell on a mobile home. Time of the incident was estimated by radar. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hernando | $1,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hernando | - | Citrus County Emergency Management reported trees down north of E Parsons Point Rd. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Hernando | - | Nickel sized hail was reported near the city of Hernando. |
| March 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hernando | - | Four trees were downed six miles north of Hernando. |
| July 2007 | Heavy Rain | Hernando | - | A trained spotter reported 4.85 inches of rain. The ditches were full of water but no significant flooding was observed. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Hernando | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Citrus Hills | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Beverly Hills | 4.6 miles | 23 | |
| Inverness | 5.0 miles | 24 | |
| Holder | 5.2 miles | 23 | |
| Pine Ridge | 5.9 miles | 23 | |
| Black Diamond | 6.0 miles | 23 | |
| Lecanto | 6.9 miles | 25 |
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 | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1613686 | 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 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.









