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Thonotosassa, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tampa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33592. The Survey maps it on the Thonotosassa quadrangle. 15,238 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 33 feet above sea level.

Thonotosassa within Hillsborough County

Then and now

1943 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 52 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Thonotosassa, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Thonotosassa, surveyed 1943

Compare 1943 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Thonotosassa grew from 13,014 to 15,238 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.

YearPeople Change
201013,014
202015,238+2,224 (+17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Thonotosassa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 434 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural14
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2009Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service29 RIVER PARK
11 August 1998Natural40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTROUT CREEK PARK (29)
28 July 2005Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service29 FLATWOODS 2
28 July 2005Natural12 acresFlorida Forest Service29 FLATWOODS
7 June 1993Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 June 2011Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTROUT CREEK (29)
3 June 2008Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service29 FLATWOODS CMD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hillsborough 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 Thonotosassa: 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Peat, Magnesite. 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
Unnamed Peat DepositPeat, MagnesiteOccurrence
Azzarelli Development Corp. - Pruit Road PitSandProducer
Dot Tampa - Pruitt MineSandUnknownSand
Dot Tampa - Williams MineSandUnknownSand
Sims Crane & Equipment Co. - Lake In the Pines MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Hillsborough County

Storms near this place

21 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thonotosassa in 21 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 lightning, 2 tornado. The reports record 4 injuries. 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
June 2003Thunderstorm WindThonotosassa2 hurtA utility company reported power lines down due to fallen trees and limbs from thunderstorm winds. Law enforcement reported two minor injuries due to falling trees at the Hillsborough State Park.
August 2001LightningThonotosassa1 hurtBay News Nine Cable reported that a person was injured by a nearby lightning strike along the 9400 block of Rockhill Road near Thonotosassa.
June 1999LightningThonotosassa1 hurtA man was injured by the sideflash of a lightning bolt that struck the ground approximately 20 feet from his location outside a mobile home in Thonotossassa. The victim was holding and shielding his head from rain with an open metal tipped umbrella when the lightning struck.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindThonotosassa$150,000A National Weather Service damage survey concluded that a microburst occurred at the Ranch Oaks Mobile Home Park along the north side of U.S. Highway 301, one mile west of Thonotosassa. Eyewitness accounts confirm that a wall of wind, approximately 60 to 70 miles mph, moved across an open field northwestward across U.S. Highway 301 and impacted the Ranch Oaks Mobile Home Park.Most of the sporadic microburst damage was concentrated along a broad path, approximately 500 yards wide and a quarter mile long.Two to three mobile homes were severely damaged by large toppled oak trees and another eight to ten mobile homes incurred minor damage. Also, eight to ten carports, sheds and lanais incurred damage from the microburst winds.
July 2016LightningThonotosassa$100,000A newspaper reported on a 25,000 square foot warehouse that burned down after being struck by lightning.
July 2019LightningThonotosassa$50,000Broadcast media reported on a fire in Town 'n' Country believe to be caused by a lightning strike.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindThonotosassa$50,000Thunderstorm winds caused minor damage to the roofs of several mobile homes, downed several large trees, numerous large branches and power lines from Thonotosassa to Valrico in northeast Hillsborough county.
July 2003Tornado (F1)Thonotosassa$20,000The tornado occurred on the north end of a large thunderstorm causing mostly tree damage in rural Hillsborough County. The tornado started at the end of Collins Ranch Road and traveled north across Thonotosassa road at the County Park and Boat Ramp. It then continued north into the southeast corner of Lake Thonotosassa where it because stationary and "sucked up boat loads of water" according to one observer. Finally the tornado came back onshore and headed north just west of Hendry Ranch Road before dissipating a short time later. Most of the damage from the tornado occurred at the end of Collins Ranch Road where several light structures were destroyed and trees were snapped off at the base. One was thrown onto a nearby vehicle. Boaters on Lake Thonotosassa were stuck in the middle of the lake as they watched the tornado plow through the boat ramp area. Observers witnessed trees with limbs reaching toward the sky before the entire tree was lifted into the air.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Thonotosassa$20,000National Weather Service damage survey concluded that a short lived "Gustnado", along the leading edge of a northwestward advancing microburst, briefly touched down and toppled a power pole and a few large oak trees, which severely damaged a couple of mobile homes in the Ranch Oaks mobile home park along U.S. Highway 301, one mile west of Thonotosassa.Eyewitness accounts estimated the gustnado to have a diameter at the base of less then ten feet as it moved along the leading edge of the microburst. The maximum estimated winds of the gustnado were between 50 and 60 mph.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindThonotosassa$5,000The public reported that thunderstorm winds downed several large trees along Knights-Griffin Road in Thonotosassa through Bay News Nine Cable of Pinellas Park.
June 2020FloodThonotosassa-Report of river and creek overflowing with flooding occurring on cropland, yard, and basement.
August 2013HailThonotosassa-A local television station reported dime-size hail at their station in Westchase.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindThonotosassa-Trees were damaged in the Hillsborough River State Park.
July 2008HailThonotosassa-Penny size hail was reported near Thonotosassa.
June 2008HailThonotosassa-Quarter sized hail was reported near the intersection of Knights Griffin Road and McIntosh Road.
February 2004Heavy RainThonotosassa-Thonotosassa recorded 4.02 inches of rain during the event.
September 2004Heavy RainThonotosassa-A National Weather Service observer three miles north of Thonotosassa recorded 11.07".
March 2001HailThonotosassa-Dime sized hail was reported by a park ranger at the Hillsborough River State Park along U.S. Highway 301.
June 2001HailThonotosassa-The public reported quarter sized hail that lasted for approximately eight minutes at the Ranch Oaks mobile home park along U.S. Highway 301, one mile west of Thonotosassa.
August 1993HailThonotosassa-Quarter-size hail fell.
June 2004HailThonotosassa-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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Clarkwild1.2 miles16
Antioch3.0 miles16
Temple Terrace Junction3.4 miles16
Jolly Corner4.0 miles16
Kennedy Hill4.1 miles16
Mango Hills4.8 miles16
Temple Terrace4.9 miles18
Harney5.0 miles16

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 ThonotosassaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2401684The 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 292232. 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.