Richloam, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ridge Manor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33597. The Survey maps it on the Webster quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Richloam
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Richloam General Store and Post Officelisted 2017 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Webster quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
184 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Richloam between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,397 acres in total. 53 started naturally. 44 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ROCK PILE (27) |
| 8 July 2000 | Natural | 26 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 2006 | Natural | 16 acres | Florida Forest Service | 60/PRICE ROAD FIRE/0821 |
| 21 July 2007 | Natural | 35 acres | Florida Forest Service | 27/TALL GRASS/0899 |
| 21 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 60/TERRY TOWN FIRE/0799 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Richloam: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge Manor Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| E R Jahna Industries, Inc. - Mills Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone | |
| E.R. Jahna - Mills Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richloam in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richloam | $1,000 | Local law enforcement reported a few trees down across potions of State Road 50 causing the road to be briefly closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalon | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Dutton Still | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Alderman | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Ridge Manor | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Talisman | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Terrell | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Rerdell | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Rital | 5.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295575. 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.






