Sun City Center, 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 33573. The Survey maps it on the Wimauma quadrangle. 30,952 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 49 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1944 to 1988The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresSun City Center grew from 19,258 to 30,952 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 | 19,258 | |
| 2020 | 30,952 | +11,694 (+61%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1944 USGS Wimauma quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS Wimauma quadrangle1:25000
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Wimauma quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
174 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Sun City Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,226 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 13 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 | 37 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2014 | Natural | 1.6 acres | Florida Forest Service | MC GRADY RD. (29) |
| 22 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2ND STREET NE (29) |
| 17 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 29 ROCKLEDGE 2 |
| 16 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 29 DELIA 2 |
| 13 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 29 DELIA |
| 1 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BISHOP ROAD (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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sun City Center: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cone Corp. - Balm Road Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand |
Storms near this place
9 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sun City Center in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2017: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sun City Center | $50,000 | A Tampa Electric Power representative reported that thunderstorm winds downed several large trees, branches and power lines from Sun City Center to Plant City over rural eastern and southern Hillsborough county. |
| July 2017 | Lightning | Sun City Center | $20,000 | Hillsborough County Fire/Rescue reported a lightning strike caused a house fire in the 1400 block of Jacobson Circle in Sun City Center. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sun City Center | $10,000 | Two pool lanais were completely destroyed. One was lifted over a home spreading debris into the front yard and street near the corner of East View Drive and Wedge Court. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sun City Center | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds caused minor damage to several homes and downed large tree limbs and sections of fence in the Sundance area of south Hillsborough County. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sun City Center | $5,000 | Gusty thunderstorm winds dropped tree limbs on power lines in the Fort Lonesome area. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Sun City Center | - | A CoCoRaHS observer in Sun City Center measured 6.37 inches of rain during the 4 day period. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Sun City Center | - | An amateur radio operator reported quarter size hail at his house. |
| September 2011 | Heavy Rain | Sun City Center | - | A trained spotter reported minor street flooding and ditches full of water due to heavy rain. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Sun City Center | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wimauma | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| North Ruskin | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Ruskin | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Apollo Beach | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Balm | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Gulf City | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| McQueens Village (historical) | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Adamsville | 6.9 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 Sun City Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2375873 | 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 293641. 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.








