Odessa, Florida
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the New Port Richey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33556. The Survey maps it on the Odessa quadrangle. 8,080 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 56 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1943 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 35 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1943 against another survey:
Population over time
3 figuresOdessa grew from 3,173 to 8,080 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 | 3,173 | |
| 2010 | 7,267 | +4,094 (+129%) |
| 2020 | 8,080 | +813 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1943 USGS Odessa quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Odessa quadrangle1:31680
- 1949 USGS Odessa 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
- 1974 USGS Odessa quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
150 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Odessa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,867 acres in total. 81 started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 81 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2015 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | IMPACT (29) |
| 24 September 2010 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | 51/SANDY BRANCH/0994 |
| 18 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 1993 | Natural | 44 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 1993 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Natural | 253 acres | Florida Forest Service | 51/PUMP HOUSE FIRE/0948 |
| 7 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 51/SKYVIEW FIRE/0850 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Odessa: 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abray Constr. Co. - Lake Abray Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Bexley Land Trust - Bexley Land Trust Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Jay Two Three, Inc. - Day 23 Mi Ne | Sand | Producer | ||
| Tkl Development Corporation - Doyle Ranch Sand Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Odessa in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Odessa | $10,000 | Multiple pictures and videos shared by public via social and broadcast media of brief tornado between Odessa and New Port Richey. A pool enclosure attached to a home near Odessa was collapsed by the tornado. |
| June 2004 | Lightning | Odessa | $8,000 | Lightning struck a barn and killed four horses inside at the Avalon Riding Academy. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | $5,000 | The Pasco County Emergency Management reported that thunderstorm winds snapped several large branches and downed power lines at and near the intersection of Wellfield and Wildwood in the Sierra Pines subdivision five miles east of Odessa. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Odessa | - | The public reported nickel sized hail in Odessa. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | The gust was measured at a home weather station. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Odessa | - | The public reported dime sized hail through St Petersburg, Florida television station WTSP. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Odessa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf Pine | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Seven Springs | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Trinity | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Elfers | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Land O' Lakes | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Forest Hills | 7.5 miles | 17 | |
| New Port Richey | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| Drexel | 7.8 miles | 17 |
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 Odessa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2149988 | 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 288053. 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.









