Ruskin, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ruskin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33570. It stands on Marsh Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ruskin quadrangle. 28,620 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3 feet above sea level.

Ruskin within Hillsborough County

Then and now

1944 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ruskin, surveyed 1988

Topographic sheet of Ruskin, surveyed 1944

On record in Ruskin

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Ruskin grew from 17,208 to 28,620 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	17,208
2020	28,620	+11,412 (+66%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1944 USGS Ruskin quadrangle1:31680
1947 USGS Ruskin quadrangle1:25000
1956 USGS Ruskin quadrangle1:24000, 4 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

Fires near this place

92 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Ruskin between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,135 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 16 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	26
Arson/incendiarism	16
Railroad operations and maintenance	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Debris and open burning	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	6
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Recreation and ceremony	5
Smoking	1
Fireworks	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
3 September 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	VALROY PILE (29)
22 September 2018	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	2ND STREET NE (29)
9 August 1996	Natural	5.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
30 August 1998	Natural	7.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
22 August 2013	Natural	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	BULLFROG 9 (29)
17 August 1997	Natural	3.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
13 August 2015	Natural	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	MORGAN FARM (29)
1 August 2002	Natural	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hillsborough County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Ruskin: 7 producers, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Caloosa Shell Corp. - Concord Pit	Sand	Producer
Leisey Shell Corporation - Leisey Shell #2	Sand	Producer
Leisey Shell Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Nest Coast Shell Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Chapman Contr. - Tampa Bay Shell Pit	Limestone, General	Producer
Dot - Ruskin Mine	Limestone, General	Unknown	Limestone
Leisey Shell - Leisey Shell Pit	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
Sun City Shell - Sun City Pit	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone

Every working recorded in Hillsborough County

Storms near this place

27 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ruskin in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 5 lightning, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. 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 2000	Lightning	Ruskin	1 killed	A 27 year old male was struck and killed by lightning while fishing on a pond south of 19th Avenue near U.S. Highway 41 in Ruskin. Lightning struck the victims fishing rod and killed him instantly. Also, the lightning strike partially burned the victim's clothes and fishing boat.
October 1997	Flood	Ruskin	$320,000	no account filed
September 2001	Flash Flood	Ruskin	$200,000	no account filed
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Ruskin	$100,000	Thunderstorm winds toppled four large trees which fell atop and crushed two mobile homes and damaged a third mobile home along U.S. Highway 41 and the Little Manatee River in Ruskin. A few additional small trees and numerous branches were downed by thunderstorm wind along 7th Street south of U.S. Highway 41 in Ruskin.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Ruskin	$50,000	The Florida Highway Patrol reported that thunderstorm winds downed several light poles along the Hillsborough county portion of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge (I-275).
February 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Ruskin	$50,000	Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines across the southern portion of Hillsborough County.
January 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Ruskin	$50,000	Strong thunderstorm winds blew down trees and blew a carport into power lines.
September 2013	Lightning	Ruskin	$25,000	The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Ruskin, FL was struck by lightning causing widespread damage to electronics across the office. Several computer motherboards, monitors, security systems, a HAM radio, and internet routers were all damaged. Time was estimated from the point when several computer systems failed.
July 1999	Tornado (F0)	Ruskin	$25,000	A tornado briefly touched down over rural south Hillsborough County on the 2900 block of 24th Street, south of 21st Avenue SE. The tornado uprooted one large tree, removed one quarter of a barns metal roof and snapped large branches off two additional trees before it lifted and dissipated.
September 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Ruskin	$15,000	A tree was knocked down and some roofing was removed from one mobile home due to downburst winds.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Ruskin	$15,000	The Tampa Electric Company reported that thunderstorm winds downed a few trees, several branches and power lines in Ruskin.
July 2022	Lightning	Ruskin	$10,000	Media reports of house fire caused by lightning strike on Dovesong Trace in Ruskin.
July 1999	Lightning	Ruskin	$10,000	Lightning struck the National Weather Service Office near the intersection of 14th Avenue SE and 27th Street SE and caused considerable electrical damage to several pieces of telecommunication equipment.
July 1999	Lightning	Ruskin	$6,400	Lightning struck and damaged a moving vehicle on Interstate 75 two miles south of County Road 672 (exit 47) in southern Hillsborough County. The lightning bolt struck the driver side mirror and damaged the electrical system of the vehicle which rendered it inoperable. The electrical charge of the lightning bolt travelled through the tires of vehicle which were blown out and partially melted. The occupants of the vehicle were not injured by the lightning strike.
September 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Ruskin	$2,000	The public reported thunderstorm winds downed two large oak trees, a fence and a home television antenna on the 2300 block of 24th Street in Ruskin.
September 2014	Heavy Rain	Ruskin	-	Official NWS observation in Ruskin measured 8.29 inches of rain during the 4 day period.
June 2006	Heavy Rain	Ruskin	-	The rainfall was 6.76 inches at the National Weather Service office 3 miles east of Ruskin. Elsewhere the rainfall was widespread at 3.5 to 5 inches throughout the county.
April 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Ruskin	-	A local utility reported numerous trees and power lines down.
June 2001	Hail	Ruskin	-	Dime sized hail was reported by an off-duty NWS employee in Ruskin.
July 1999	Hail	Ruskin	-	Dime sized hail was reported along Interstate 75 by the public through Bay News Nine Cable.
August 1999	Waterspout	Ruskin	-	The public reported, through Bay News Nine Cable of Tampa, a waterspout between the Sunshine Skyway Bridge (I-275) and Ft. Desoto County Park on Mullet Key.
March 1998	Hail	Ruskin	-	Quarter sized hail was reported by the public on the 1500 block of Gulf City Road.
February 1998	Hail	Ruskin	-	One inch hail was reported by a Skywarn Spotter near U.S. Highway 301 and Balm Road.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Ruskin	-	Trees blown down across a road in Ruskin area.
February 1993	Hail	Ruskin	-	Dime-size hail fell in Ruskin.
August 2002	Funnel Cloud	Ruskin	-	no account filed
February 1998	Hail	Ruskin	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hillsborough 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Gulf City	1.8 miles	14
North Ruskin	3.7 miles	18
Sun City	3.8 miles	14
Apollo Beach	3.8 miles	18
Sun City Center	4.3 miles	14
McQueens Village (historical)	4.3 miles	18
Valroy	6.6 miles	18
Adamsville	7.0 miles	18

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 Ruskin	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2375809	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 290065. 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.