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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.

Ridge Manor within Hernando County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Ridge Manor, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Ridge Manor, surveyed 1955

Population over time

3 figures

Ridge 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.

YearPeople Change
20004,108
20104,513+405 (+10%)
20204,743+230 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

182 since 1992

Regional 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 use47
Arson/incendiarism39
Natural31
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLEAH (51)
29 September 2007Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service27/WALMART FIRE/1119
26 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceEAGLE FALLS (27)
22 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 August 1999Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceROCK PILE (27)
6 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use3.4 acresFlorida Forest Service51/TRILBY FIRE/0738
4 July 1992Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hernando County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ridge Manor MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ariana Dairy Farm, Inc. - Pedone Sand MineSandUnknown
Claire H. Clements - Master Tract MineSandUnknown
E R Jahna Industries, Inc. - Mills MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
E.R. Jahna - Mills MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Hernando County

Storms near this place

5 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 1999Thunderstorm WindRidge Manor$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree branches which damaged vehicles in Ridge Manor.
October 1998Thunderstorm WindRidge Manor$10,000Thunderstorm 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 1999Thunderstorm WindRidge Manor$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree which damaged the roof and shattered windows of a home near State Road 50.
January 1995Thunderstorm WindRidge Manor$1,000Power lines were blown down in Ridge Manor.
September 2004Heavy RainRidge Manor-A National Weather Service observer recorded 7.19" of rain.

Every storm recorded in Hernando 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
Kalon0.7 miles14
Alderman1.2 miles12
Talisman1.7 miles12
Dutton Still2.1 miles12
Rital2.7 miles14
Richloam3.1 miles13
Terrell3.7 miles14
Rerdell4.2 miles14

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 ManorAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1927729The 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.