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Trilby, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Lacoochee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33523. The Survey maps it on the Lacoochee quadrangle.

Trilby within Pasco County

Then and now

1955 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 23 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Trilby, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Trilby, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Trilby between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,107 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 24 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 use31
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism24
Natural19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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
27 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service51/LITTLE EVERGLADES/0902
6 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use3.4 acresFlorida Forest Service51/TRILBY FIRE/0738
4 July 1992Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 July 2006Natural16 acresFlorida Forest Service60/PRICE ROAD FIRE/0821

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pasco 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 Trilby: 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 Pasco County

Storms near this place

5 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trilby in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 1998: 5 flood. 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
December 1997FloodTrilby$1,100,000The Withlacoochee River rose to 15.8 feet on the 31st, which caused 29 homes and 60 properties along the river to flood. Flood stage for the Withlacoochee River at Trilby was 12 feet. Eight homes from Trilby to Lacoochee were destroyed and 20 more damaged by floodwaters.
March 1998FloodTrilby$750,000The Withlacoochee River rose to 14.06 feet on the 1st, over two feet above the flood stage of twelve feet, which caused water damage to properties along the river.
January 1998FloodTrilby$500,000The Withlacoochee River rose to 16.3 feet on the 4th, nearly four and a half feet above the flood stage of twelve feet, which caused significant water damage to properties along the river.
February 1998FloodTrilby$500,000The Withlacoochee River rose to 14.0 feet on the 28th, nearly two feet above the flood stage of twelve feet, which caused water damage to properties along the river.
April 1998FloodTrilby$100,000The Withlacoochee River at Trilby crested at its flood stage of 12.0 feet on the 1st. Several homes received minor flood damage along the banks of the Withlacoochee near Trilby.

Every storm recorded in Pasco 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
Trilcoochee0.6 miles12
Moss Town0.8 miles12
Lacoochee1.2 miles12
Riverdale1.4 miles12
Blanton4.4 miles12
Jessamine5.2 miles15
Old Henley Place5.3 miles12
Tommytown6.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 292425. 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.