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Parrish, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Parrish census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34219. The Survey maps it on the Parrish quadrangle. It stands 43 feet above sea level.

Parrish within Manatee County

Then and now

1944 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Parrish, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Parrish, surveyed 1944

On record in Parrish

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Parrish between 1992 and 2020, burning about 784 acres in total. 19 started naturally. None was 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
Natural19
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service41-UGLY PILE FIRE-0475
18 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSTATE ROAD 62 (41)
16 September 2005Debris and open burning10 acresFlorida Forest Service41-CANKER FIRE-0442
13 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service41-ELLENTON SMOKE FIRE-0436
6 July 2020Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCR675 (41)
5 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Manatee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Parrish: 1 unknown. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dot Sarasota - Parrish MineSandUnknownSand

Every working recorded in Manatee County

Storms near this place

11 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parrish in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 lightning. 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
August 2022LightningParrish$25,000Broadcast media relayed report of house fire resulting from lightning strike in the Silverleaf neighborhood in Parish. No injuries reported.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindParrish$10,000A Skywarn Spotter reported thunderstorm winds of up to 60 mph along U.S. Highway 301, four miles southwest of Parrish. A few large trees and several large branches were downed along U.S. Highway 301 by the thunderstorm winds.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindParrish$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few power lines in Parrish.
June 2024Funnel CloudParrish-A local resident submitted pictures and video taken of a funnel cloud near Parrish.
June 2022HailParrish-Public reported quarter size hail along Fort Hamer Road and Fort Hamer Bridge near Manatee River.
September 2014Heavy RainParrish-A CoCoRaHS observer 4 miles south of Parrish measured 10.66 inches of rain during the 4 day period.
January 2011HailParrish-Quarter sized hail was reported near Parrish.
September 2009Heavy RainParrish-There was 4.45 inches of rain measured over the past 24 hours east of Ellenton.
June 2004HailParrish-Dime to nickel size hail reported at the intersection of U. S. 301 and Moccasin Wallow Road.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindParrish-Strong winds dropped trees and power lines.
June 2004HailParrish-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Manatee 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
Erie3.0 miles13
Fort Hamer4.3 miles13
Gillette5.5 miles17
Willow5.7 miles14
Rye5.9 miles12
Foxleigh6.1 miles13
Fullers Earth6.8 miles17
Rubonia6.8 miles17

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 ParrishAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7139804The 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 288540. 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.