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.
Then and now
1944 to 1988The 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.


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
Duette Schoollisted 2018
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1944 USGS Parish quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Parrish quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Parrish quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 41-UGLY PILE FIRE-0475 |
| 18 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | STATE ROAD 62 (41) |
| 16 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | 41-CANKER FIRE-0442 |
| 13 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 41-ELLENTON SMOKE FIRE-0436 |
| 6 July 2020 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CR675 (41) |
| 5 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot Sarasota - Parrish Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand |
Storms near this place
11 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Lightning | Parrish | $25,000 | Broadcast media relayed report of house fire resulting from lightning strike in the Silverleaf neighborhood in Parish. No injuries reported. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parrish | $10,000 | A 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parrish | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few power lines in Parrish. |
| June 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Parrish | - | A local resident submitted pictures and video taken of a funnel cloud near Parrish. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Parrish | - | Public reported quarter size hail along Fort Hamer Road and Fort Hamer Bridge near Manatee River. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Parrish | - | A CoCoRaHS observer 4 miles south of Parrish measured 10.66 inches of rain during the 4 day period. |
| January 2011 | Hail | Parrish | - | Quarter sized hail was reported near Parrish. |
| September 2009 | Heavy Rain | Parrish | - | There was 4.45 inches of rain measured over the past 24 hours east of Ellenton. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Parrish | - | Dime to nickel size hail reported at the intersection of U. S. 301 and Moccasin Wallow Road. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parrish | - | Strong winds dropped trees and power lines. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Parrish | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erie | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Fort Hamer | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Gillette | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Willow | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Rye | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Foxleigh | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Fullers Earth | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Rubonia | 6.8 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 Parrish | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7139804 | 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 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.








