Hidden River, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Interior County census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34240. The Survey maps it on the Old Myakka quadrangle.
Then and now
1944 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1944 USGS Miakka quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Old Myakka quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Old Myakka quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Sarasota quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Hidden River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 586 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2014 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MURPHY RD (58) |
| 10 August 2012 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MYAKKA VALLEY RANCH (58) |
| 29 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 June 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 June 2007 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | 58-MYAKKA FIRE -0372 |
| 25 June 2004 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 315-SANDPINE FIRE |
| 24 June 2004 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 311-REX FIRE |
| 22 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 41-KLINE FIRE-0351 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hidden River in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2013: 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Hidden River | $350,000 | The tornado touched down along Fruitville Road, snapping a few trees, and then traveled south into a plant farm. It tore two metal beams from the foundation of a metal building on the farm and then moved across a field of more than two dozen greenhouses, destroying or seriously damaging all but one. The tornado then continued south into a wooded area, where it damaged a few more trees before lifting. Winds were estimated around 95mph. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Hidden River | - | SKYWARN spotter SAR-179 reported nickle sized hail 8 miles east of interstate 75 on Fruitville Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Myakka | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Miakka | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Honore | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Utopia | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Tatum Ridge | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Shiney Town | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Fordville | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Tatum | 8.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295348. 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.
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.








