Loyce, Florida
13 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 34610. It lies near Jumping Gully. The Survey maps it on the Masaryktown 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
7 surveys from 13 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 Masaryktown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 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
163 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Loyce between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,821 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 15 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 | 48 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1996 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 1995 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BOWMAN RD (51) |
| 13 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Florida Forest Service | 51/PAINTER FIRE/0623 |
| 8 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 1997 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 1993 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loyce in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 3 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Loyce | $50,000 | NWS survey determined that an EF-1 tornado touched down in|extreme northern Pasco County south of Masaryktown then moved|into Hernando County before dissipating a few miles west of|Interstate 75. Primary damage was near beginning of track where a|home suffered roof damage. Elsewhere, most damage consisted of|snapped or uprooted trees as the tornado tracked mostly over|forested area. |
| July 2018 | Lightning | Loyce | $5,000 | Pasco Emergency Management reported that lightning caused a shed fire in Spring Hill. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Loyce | - | Pictures were received of quarter to half dollar sized hail near East Linden Estates along County Line Road. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Loyce | - | The public reported nickel sized hail in Shady Hills. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Loyce | - | Penny size hail was reported along County Line Road west of the Suncoast Parkway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| South Masaryktown | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Shady Hills | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Fivay Junction | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Darby | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Ehren | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Pasco | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Drexel | 9.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295421. 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.






