Limona, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Brandon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33510. The Survey maps it on the Brandon quadrangle.
Then and now
1921 to 1999The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1921 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1921 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Mango quadrangle1:31680
- 1956 USGS Brandon quadrangle1:24000, 5 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
- 1981 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Brandon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Limona between 1992 and 2019, burning about 487 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 29 TATE |
| 5 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 1992 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 July 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 June 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 June 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 June 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Limona: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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 Tampa - Williams Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Star 101 Development, Inc. - Canterbury Lakes Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Limona in 1 storm report in 2019: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Hail | Limona | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Mango | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| South Tampa | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Seffner | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Mango Hills | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Sixmile Creek | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Clair-Mel City | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Valrico | 3.6 miles | 13 |
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 Limona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6549837 | 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 285539. 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.









