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Pasadena, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the St. Petersburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33707. It lies near South Causeway Isles. The Survey maps it on the Saint Petersburg quadrangle.

Pasadena within Pinellas County

Then and now

1921 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pasadena, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Pasadena, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

On record in Pasadena

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 within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 18 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

3 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Pasadena between 1992 and 2006, burning about 6 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
28 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service52 26TH STREET
29 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 April 2004Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLEALMAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinellas County

Storms near this place

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pasadena in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
December 2022Tornado (EF1)Pasadena2 hurt, $500,000NWS survey determined that an EF-1 tornado touched down in western|Pinellas County near Pasadena and moved east-northeast for nearly|2 miles causing minor to moderate damage to at least 5 homes and|2 other buildings, mostly with roofs partially peeled or trees|downed onto them. Most of the damage was observed near 9th Ave|from just west of Tyrone Blvd and 53rd St. 2 minor injuries were|reported near St. Vincent`s Episcopal Church.
July 1999HailSouth Pasadena$100,000Golfball to dime sized hail was reported by Skywarn Spotters from South Pasadena north across Kenneth City, Seminole and Largo. Hail covered the ground up to one inch deep at the intersection of Alternate U.S. Highway 19 and State Road 693 (66th Street) in Pasadena, and up to two inches deep along Alternate U.S. Highway 19 and County Road 1 (Park) in Kenneth City. Several vehicles incurred paint and body damage from the golfball sized hail.
August 2025Flash FloodPasadena$75,000Public reports received via social media depicted water rising into homes in the South Pasadena area due to heavy rainfall totaling 4 to 6 inches triggering instances of flash flooding.
August 2009LightningSouth Pasadena$10,000Lightning struck the Delacado Resort on Sunset Beach and caused minor damage.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindSouth Pasadena$7,500Gusty winds estimated at 50mph caused damage to a carport.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindPasadena$2,000Several large tree limbs were snapped near 80th Street and Walter Fuller Park.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindPasadena-Wind gust of 58 mph measured at Tyrone Square Mall.
September 2014Heavy RainSouth Pasadena-A CoCoRaHS observer south of Pasadena measured 7.82 inches of rain during the 4 day period.

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
South Pasadena1.1 miles18
The Jungle1.6 miles15
Boca Ciega1.9 miles15
Treasure Island1.9 miles15
Sunset Beach2.1 miles15
Gulfport2.2 miles17
Bahia Shores2.4 miles17
Sunshine Beach2.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 288552. 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.

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.