Medulla, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Lakeland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33811. The Survey maps it on the Mulberry quadrangle. 10,871 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 161 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1949 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
3 figuresMedulla grew from 6,637 to 10,871 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6,637 | |
| 2010 | 8,892 | +2,255 (+34%) |
| 2020 | 10,871 | +1,979 (+22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1949 USGS Mulberry quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Mulberry quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Bartow quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
254 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 254 fires within 5 miles of Medulla between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,415 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 10 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 | 105 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HAMILTON (53) |
| 18 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SEABOARD (53) |
| 1 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 845 |
| 5 August 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Medulla: 4 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristina Reserve | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | 1935 | |
| Fridovich | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | 1936 | |
| Little Wheels, Inc. - Wellman-Lord Trust Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Mulberry Limestone Drying Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Deposit | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Debris Deposits | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free | Prospect | 1974 | |
| Mulberry | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free | Past Producer | ||
| Poseidon #1 Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tancrede | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Lakeland Highlands | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Fountain Heights | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Prairie Junction | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Fuller Heights | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Willow Oak | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Eaton Park | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Winston | 4.9 miles | 16 |
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 Medulla | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2287009 | 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 286674. 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.






