Jessamine, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Central Pasco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33523. The Survey maps it on the Spring Lake quadrangle.
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:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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 Spring Lake quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Spring Lake quadrangle1:25000
- 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
81 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Jessamine between 1992 and 2018, burning about 883 acres in total. 5 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 | 26 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 51/LYNAN FIRE/1116 |
| 27 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 27/ST CLAIR ISLAND FIRE/0915 |
| 24 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 51/RAVINE FIRE/0544 |
| 14 July 1995 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jessamine: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot Dade City - Clay Mine | Clay | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jessamine in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2011: 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jessamine | $10,000 | There were numerous trees down on and around Interstate 75 near the northern Pasco County line. This area included trees downed on James Road near Jessamine Road and Blanton Road, on Interstate 75, on Johnson Road, and along Lake Iola Road. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Jessamine | - | Penny size hail was reported near Mud Lake. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Jessamine | - | A Skywarn Spotter reported that tornado briefly touched down near the intersection of County Road 581 and Johnston Road, approximately six miles west of Jessimine, in rural north central 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chipco Township (historical) | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Blanton | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Chukuchatta (historical) | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Joseph | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Tommytown | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Dade City | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Trilby | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Leo | 5.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294817. 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.







