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Titusville, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Titusville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32796. It stands on Gator Creek. The Survey maps it on the Titusville quadrangle. 48,789 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 10 feet above sea level.

Titusville within Brevard County

Then and now

1949 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 30 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Titusville, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Titusville, surveyed 1949

On record in Titusville

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 9 records

Population over time

2 figures

Titusville grew from 43,761 to 48,789 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
201043,761
202048,789+5,028 (+11%)

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

117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Titusville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 21,495 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 9 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
Natural43
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Equipment and vehicle use18
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2

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
26 September 2016Natural120 acresMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeTEAL
20 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeWEST GATOR CREEK FIRE
10 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMerritt Island National Wildlife Refuge95
8 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2006Natural15 acresSt. Johns National Wildlife RefugeS.E.P.
4 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance46 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 1997Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brevard County

Storms near this place

54 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Titusville in 54 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 24 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 2 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
July 1996LightningTitusville1 killedno account filed
August 1995Tornado (F1)Titusville1 hurt, $60,000Rain showers from Tropical Storm Erin produced a small tornado in Titusville, knocking out power lines and motel signs. It blew large windows out of three buildings injuring one person with flying glass. It damaged the roof of a Sears store and a McDonalds restaurant and blew windows out of parked cars.
June 2000LightningTitusville1 hurtA 41 year old man was struck and seriously injured by lightning while on a construction site in Titusville.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindTitusville$40,000Thunderstorm winds damaged a pier and the roof of a restaurant in Titusville.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindTitusville$20,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed a gas station pump island awning.
August 1993Tornado (F0)Titusville$5,000A waterspout formed over the Banana River and moved ashore tossing plastic chairs 100 feet into the air and shattering a dozen car windows.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindTitusville$3,500Public report of damage to portions of a vinyl fence.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindTitusville$1,000Public report of a tree down near the intersection of Hopkins Ave and Court St.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindTitusville$1,000Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and trees that damaged a car in Titusville.
March 1993Thunderstorm WindTitusville$500Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindTitusville-USSF Tower 0714 measured a 56 knot wind gust from the west-southwest.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindTitusville-US Space Force wind tower 0714 measured a peak wind gust of 64 mph from the west-northwest.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindTitusville-USAF wind tower 0714 within the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, east of Titusville, recorded a peak wind of 58 mph from the southwest as a severe thunderstorm moved across a non-populated area of northern Merritt Island toward the Atlantic.
March 2013HailTitusville-A weather spotter reported nickel size hail at County Road 405 near Walmart in Titusville.
May 2012HailTitusville-Public reported half-dollar-sized hail near Titusville.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindTitusville-U.S. Air Force Wind Tower 714 at the Kennedy Space Center recorded a wind gust of 57 kts/66 mph during a severe thunderstorm.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindTitusville-Peak wing gusts reached 75 mph as the NASA Shuttle Landing Facility observation site as a severe thunderstorm moved across the barrier island from the mainland, and toward the Atlantic. Minor wind damage and small hail impacted portions of the Kennedy Space Center as the storm moved through.
January 2011Thunderstorm WindTitusville-Wind gusts from the West reached 52 knots at the NASA Shuttle Landing Facility (KTTS) weather observation site as a strong squall line passed.
January 2011Thunderstorm WindTitusville-Winds ripped a carport apart and threw the debris into powerlines. A strong squall line was passing the region at the time of the damage.
April 2011HailTitusville-A citizen reported golf ball sized hail in the city of Titusville. The report was relayed from Orlando media.
March 2011HailTitusville-Quarter sized hail observed by weather spotter.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindTitusville-The ASOS at the NASA Shuttle Landing Facility recorded peak winds of 56 knots.
July 2008HailTitusville-Penny size hail lasting up to seven minutes was reported in Titusville.
July 2006Heavy RainTitusville-NASA reported over 4 inches of rain over the Kennedy Space Center complex.
August 2005Funnel CloudTitusville-The NASA Shuttle Landing Facility observation carried a funnel cloud.
February 2004Thunderstorm WindTitusville-Titusville airport measured a wind gust to 59 mph.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindTitusville-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree and a light pole in Titusville.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindTitusville-Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and trees in Titusville. One falling tree broke a power line and started a fire at a house.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindTitusville-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and wires.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindTitusville-Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees and power lines in Titusville.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Titusville-A brief F0 tornado touched down in Titusville and damaged a few trees, business signs and shrubs.
June 1999Funnel CloudTitusville-The observer at the Titusville Executive Airport reported seeing a funnel cloud over the Indian River Lagoon.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindTitusville-Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs in the Titusville area.
July 1997Tornado (F0)Titusville-An F0 tornado touched down briefly in a swamp area west of Titusville.
October 1997Thunderstorm WindTitusville-Power lines were blown down in Titusville.
February 1993HailTitusville-Nickle- to quarter-size hail fell south of Titusville.
June 2007HailTitusville-no account filed
April 2005HailTitusville-no account filed
May 2005HailTitusville-no account filed
June 2004HailTitusville-no account filed
June 2004HailTitusville-no account filed
April 2003HailTitusville-no account filed
July 2002HailTitusville-no account filed
June 2001HailTitusville-no account filed
June 2001HailTitusville-no account filed
June 2001HailTitusville-no account filed
August 2001HailTitusville-no account filed
May 2000HailTitusville-no account filed
May 1999HailTitusville-no account filed
June 1997HailTitusville-no account filed
March 1996HailTitusville-no account filed
March 1996HailTitusville-no account filed
March 1996HailTitusville-no account filed
March 1996HailTitusville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Brevard 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
Whispering Hills Golf Estates1.4 miles14
La Grange2.1 miles13
Jay Jay2.4 miles13
East Mims3.4 miles13
Indian River City3.6 miles14
Mims4.2 miles13
South Titusville4.2 miles14
Wiley4.4 miles13

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 TitusvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q983779The 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 292319. 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.

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.