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Webster, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Bushnell-Center Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33597. The Survey maps it on the Webster quadrangle. 778 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Webster within Sumter County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Webster, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Webster, surveyed 1955

Population over time

3 figures

Webster fell from 805 to 778 between 2000 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
2000805
2010785-20 (-2%)
2020778-7 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

69 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Webster between 1994 and 2020, burning about 839 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning27
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
Smoking1
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
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service747(60)
9 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service60/CR 721 FIRE/0870
20 August 1999Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 July 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service60/TERRY TOWN FIRE/0799
2 July 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service948
7 May 2017Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePOTTING SOIL (60)
29 May 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service60/722 FIRE-0657
28 May 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service60/ 778 FIRE 0602

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Webster: 4 producers, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Central Florida Excavating - Brown Fish PondSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Florida Crushed Stone - Center Hill QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
L.J.Stephens Transp., Centerhill QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Center Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Center Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mabel PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Sumter County

Storms near this place

10 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Webster in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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 2006Thunderstorm WindWebster$80,000A utility company storm survey in Webster showed an unanchored and unused mobile home flipped and totally destroyed with the debris field extending in a straight line to the northeast. Large tree limbs brought down power lines in the area. Emergency Management also reported an older mobile home with one third of the home destroyed near Center Hill. At least 100 trees were downed during this downburst event.
August 1998LightningWebster$75,000Lightning struck and burned to the ground a home on the 1200 block of County Road 753 southwest of Webster.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindWebster$25,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees along State Road 471 in Webster.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWebster$20,000Sumter Sheriff's Department reported part of a metal roof being blown off a building in Webster, and trees down on CR 478 and along CR 48 and 747.
July 2007Tornado (EF0)Webster$10,000A resident indicated that she observed a funnel cloud briefly touch down on her home then quickly lift and dissipate. The tornado tore the roof off of her double wide home. No injuries were reported.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindWebster$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and power lines which blocked roads in Webster.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindWebster$1,000A SKYWARN spotter reported an oak tree was knocked down at Webster Apartments, though it appeared to have a shallow root system.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindWebster-A trained spotter estimated 60 MPH wind gusts near SW 1st Street.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWebster-The public reported several trees downed in Webster, including one large oak tree that fell on a truck.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindWebster-The gust was measured by a weather station of a trained spotter.

Every storm recorded in Sumter 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
Oak Grove0.9 miles13
Bevilles Corner2.7 miles15
Linden3.5 miles13
Tarrytown3.8 miles13
Carver4.1 miles15
Lincoln Park4.1 miles15
Pilaklakha (historical)4.1 miles10
Center Hill4.3 miles10

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 WebsterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2089058The 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 292972. 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.