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Trilcoochee, 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.

Trilcoochee 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 Trilcoochee, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Trilcoochee, 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Trilcoochee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,422 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 30 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 use36
Arson/incendiarism30
Natural25
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
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 Trilcoochee: 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

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
Moss Town0.4 miles12
Lacoochee0.6 miles12
Trilby0.6 miles12
Riverdale1.5 miles12
Blanton4.9 miles12
Old Henley Place5.0 miles12
Jessamine5.8 miles15
Tommytown6.2 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122590359The 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 292428. 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.