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Oldsmar, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tarpon Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34677. It stands on Moccasin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oldsmar quadrangle. 14,898 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7 feet above sea level.

Oldsmar within Pinellas County

Then and now

1943 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 52 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oldsmar, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Oldsmar, surveyed 1943

Population over time

2 figures

Oldsmar grew from 13,591 to 14,898 between 2010 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.

YearPeople Change
201013,591
202014,898+1,307 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Oldsmar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,751 acres in total. 64 started naturally. 9 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
Natural64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1993Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1997Natural14 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 1997Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1993Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 1992Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2012Natural27 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDIAGONAL POWER LINE (52)
24 August 1993Natural40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinellas County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Oldsmar: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 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.

Every working recorded in Pinellas County

Storms near this place

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oldsmar in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 4 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1997LightningOldsmar$100,000Lightning struck, ignited and caused significant damage to the roof and attic of a new home in Oldsmar.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindOldsmar$50,000Thunderstorm winds damaged the roofs and signs of several commercial structures in Oldsmar.
August 2024LightningOldsmar$10,000County fire rescue reported a residential structure fire due to a lightning strike near Oldsmar with minor damage.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindOldsmar$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed two large trees and several large branches along Quail Hollow Drive and Turtle Brook near the Countryside Country Club north of State Road 580 and west of County Road 611.
July 1997LightningOldsmar$5,000Lightning ignited and burned ten to fifteen acres of woods and brush on the Mobbly Bay peninsula.
June 2010LightningOldsmar-Lightning started a brush fire in the Brooker Creek Preserve, burning 60 acres before being extinguished around 9:30PM. Hikers were immediately evacuated and the trails were closed through Friday morning.
June 2005Funnel CloudOldsmar-There were several public reports of a funnel cloud.
August 1998HailOldsmar-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pinellas 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Bridgeport1.5 miles16
Harbor Palms1.6 miles16
Safety Harbor3.3 miles20
Saint George3.7 miles16
Mecca4.1 miles16
Dellwood4.2 miles20
Curlew4.3 miles16
Coachman5.5 miles20

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 OldsmarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q971628The 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 288131. 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.