Ridge Manor, Florida
14 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 33523. It lies near Seaburg Hammock. The Survey maps it on the Saint Catherine quadrangle. 4,743 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 69 feet above sea level.
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.


Population over time
3 figuresRidge Manor grew from 4,108 to 4,743 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4,108 | |
| 2010 | 4,513 | +405 (+10%) |
| 2020 | 4,743 | +230 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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 Saint Catherine quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
182 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Ridge Manor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,693 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 39 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 | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | LEAH (51) |
| 29 September 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 27/WALMART FIRE/1119 |
| 26 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | EAGLE FALLS (27) |
| 22 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ROCK PILE (27) |
| 6 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.4 acres | Florida Forest Service | 51/TRILBY FIRE/0738 |
| 4 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ridge Manor: 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, 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 | ||
| Ariana Dairy Farm, Inc. - Pedone Sand Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Claire H. Clements - Master Tract Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| E R Jahna Industries, Inc. - Mills Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone | |
| E.R. Jahna - Mills Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ridge Manor in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2004: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridge Manor | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree branches which damaged vehicles in Ridge Manor. |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridge Manor | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds of up to 50 mph removed a few roof shingles, toppled a shed and downed several small branches from Ridge Manor to Nobleton. A few power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds near the town of Istachatta. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridge Manor | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree which damaged the roof and shattered windows of a home near State Road 50. |
| January 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridge Manor | $1,000 | Power lines were blown down in Ridge Manor. |
| September 2004 | Heavy Rain | Ridge Manor | - | A National Weather Service observer recorded 7.19" of rain. |
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.
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 Ridge Manor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1927729 | 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 289687. 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.






