Pinellas Park, 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 33781. The Survey maps it on the Saint Petersburg quadrangle. 53,093 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 13 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1921 to 1998The 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.


Compare 1921 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresPinellas Park grew from 49,079 to 53,093 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 49,079 | |
| 2020 | 53,093 | +4,014 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 18 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.
- 1921 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS St. Petersburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:25000
- 1956 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS St. Petersburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1998 USGS Saint Petersburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Pinellas Park between 1992 and 2017, burning about 514 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2015 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SEMINOLE (52) |
| 29 July 1993 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 1995 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 52 NORTH GATE |
| 4 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
37 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinellas Park in 37 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 9 lightning, 8 hail, 4 flood. The reports record 1 death and 7 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Pinellas Park | 1 killed | Pinellas County Emergency Management relayed a report from the Medical Examiner of a 58 year old homeless man who was found face down submerged in a drainage area that was filled with storm water on July 29th. The man was resuscitated and taken to a hospital where he eventually expired on August 4th. The Medical Examiner ruled that the cause of death was complications of drowning, with contributing conditions of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease and chronic ethanolism. |
| July 2003 | Lightning | Pinellas Park | 2 hurt | A lightning strike at the Grassy Pointe subdivision produced two minor injuries to plumbers working at a vacant log on Denise Street. They complained about a "tingly feeling" and were checked out by paramedics and released. |
| July 2003 | Lightning | Pinellas Park | 1 hurt, $25,000 | Lightning struck the Walter Pownell Service Center. The computer system was damaged and an employee was injured when he received a shock from the computer he was working at and was thrown across the room. The amount of damage was estimated. |
| July 2007 | Lightning | Pinellas Park | 1 hurt | One women was injured while holding an umbrella when lightning struck nearby. She was taken to the hospital with a tingling sensation in her arm. |
| June 2001 | Lightning | Pinellas Park | 1 hurt | A 32 year old female was injured by lightning while indoors in Pinellas Park. The female was shocked and injured while grabbing a metal closet door knob in her home while lightning struck at a nearby undetermined location outside. |
| May 1999 | Lightning | Pinellas Park | 1 hurt | A man operating a backhoe was struck and knocked unconscious by the sideflash of a lightning bolt that struck nearly 50 feet away from his location along 38th Street N. near 118 Avenue N in Pinellas Park. |
| June 1998 | Lightning | Pinellas Park | 1 hurt | A female was struck and her eyes injured by the sideflash of lightning that struck a nearby tree along the 8800 block of 40th Lane North in Pinellas Park. |
| September 2000 | Flash Flood | Pinellas Park | $150,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinellas Park | $125,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused minor to moderate damage to numerous carports at the Pinecrest Mobile Home Park on the 2500 block of 52nd Avenue North in Pinellas Park. Several additional large trees and limbs were downed near the intersection of 58th Avenue and 31st Street. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinellas Park | $50,000 | The St. Petersburg Times reported that thunderstorm winds caused scattered downed trees, branches and powerlines from Pinellas Park to Clearwater. |
| July 1999 | Flood | Pinellas Park | $50,000 | Four to five inches of heavy rainfall in less than two hours caused localized flooding of urban low lying streets from Pinellas Park to St Petersburg. A few automobiles incurred water damage while traversing flooded intersections across southern portions of Pinellas County. |
| June 2005 | Lightning | Pinellas Park | $30,000 | Lightning damaged several gas tanks at a station near the intersection of 48th Street and 62nd Avenue. One tank was lifted 3 feet from the ground and a two tanks with about 5,000 gallons of gas each were damaged. |
| June 2005 | Lightning | Pinellas Park | $25,000 | Numerous lightning strikes were reported to the Pinellas County 911 Center. The strikes caused minor damage to multiple structures in Tarpon Springs, Pinellas Park, Largo, Indian Rocks Beach, Seminole, and Saint Petersburg. No injuries were reported. |
| August 2002 | Lightning | Pinellas Park | $25,000 | Lightning caused a house fire. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinellas Park | $15,000 | Broadcast media relayed picture of damaged manufactured home along 83rd Avenue in the Village Green community, with mainly metal roofing and siding peeled off of home. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinellas Park | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds pushed over a gas station roof covering the pumps near 49th Street and 110th Avenue and fallen trees brought down power lines just to the west on 52nd Street. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinellas Park | $5,000 | Bay News 9 Cable reported that thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees and several large branches on 66th and 118th Streets in Pinellas Park. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinellas Park | $5,000 | A thunderstorm wind gust of 65 mph was observed at County Road 501 (Belcher Road) and State Road (Ulmerton Road) by a Skywarn Spotter. Several small trees, limbs and power lines were downed by the thunderstorm winds in Pinellas Park. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinellas Park | $3,000 | Damage was reported by the public to an awning and powerlines. Wind gusts were estimated to be 40 to 50 MPH with the storm. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinellas Park | $2,000 | The public reported, through Bay News 9 Cable, that thunderstorm winds downed several trees along 66th Street N. in Pinellas Park. One vehicle incurred damage from a wind toppled tree along 66th Street N. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinellas Park | $1,000 | Broadcast media reported power lines down on Park Boulevard and on Bryan Dairy Road in Pinellas Park. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinellas Park | - | Video posted to social media by broadcast media depicted a short-lived gustnado lofting primarily dust and other small loose debris near the intersection of 66th Street and 118th Avenue in Pinellas Park. No damage was reported by local officials. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinellas Park | - | Law enforcement reported a large tree was down on a house near Pinellas Park. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Pinellas Park | - | Penny size hail fell at the intersection of 67th Avenue and 58th Street. |
| July 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Pinellas Park | - | A training spotter reported a brief tornado that downed several trees. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Pinellas Park | - | Nickel size hail was reported by the media near 66th St and Bryan Dairy Road. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Pinellas Park | - | Rain fall totals for the day were 4.80 inches at Pinellas Point and 4.05 inches in Largo. The saturated grounds finally gave way to the heavy rain leading to flooded roads and vehicles. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Pinellas Park | - | Numerous reports of dime to golfball size hail due to a slow moving thunderstorm. |
| September 2002 | Flood | Pinellas Park | - | Five inches of rain in three hours caused widespread street flooding near the intersection of U.S. 19 and 38th Street. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Pinellas Park | - | The public reported, through Bay News 9 Cable, golfball to dime sized hail, from near the intersection of U.S. Highway 19 and 49th Street in Pinellas Park to the intersection of Interstate 275 and State Road 694 (Gandy Blvd) in St. Petersburg. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Pinellas Park | - | Dime sized hail was reported by a Skywarn Spotter near the intersection of State Road 686 (Roosevelt) and 58th Street North in central Pinellas county. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Pinellas Park | - | Golfball sized hail was reported on 9th Avenue N. in Pinellas Park while dime sized hail was reported in Clearwater. |
| September 1993 | Hail | Pinellas Park | - | Nickel-size hail fell. |
| December 2002 | Flood | Pinellas Park | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Pinellas Park | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Flash Flood | Pinellas Park | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Flood | Pinellas Park | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lealman | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Cross Bayou | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Kenneth City | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Rio Vista | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Totstalahoeetska (historical) | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Bay Pines | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| The Jungle | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Gandy | 4.8 miles | 20 |
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 Pinellas Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2151669 | 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 288936. 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.












