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.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The 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.


Population over time
3 figuresWebster 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 805 | |
| 2010 | 785 | -20 (-2%) |
| 2020 | 778 | -7 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Webster quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
69 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 27 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 747(60) |
| 9 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 60/CR 721 FIRE/0870 |
| 20 August 1999 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 60/TERRY TOWN FIRE/0799 |
| 2 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 948 |
| 7 May 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | POTTING SOIL (60) |
| 29 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 60/722 FIRE-0657 |
| 28 May 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 60/ 778 FIRE 0602 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Florida Excavating - Brown Fish Pond | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Florida Crushed Stone - Center Hill Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| L.J.Stephens Transp., Centerhill Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Center Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Center Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mabel Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
Storms near this place
10 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $80,000 | A 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 1998 | Lightning | Webster | $75,000 | Lightning struck and burned to the ground a home on the 1200 block of County Road 753 southwest of Webster. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees along State Road 471 in Webster. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $20,000 | Sumter 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 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Webster | $10,000 | A 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and power lines which blocked roads in Webster. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $1,000 | A SKYWARN spotter reported an oak tree was knocked down at Webster Apartments, though it appeared to have a shallow root system. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | - | A trained spotter estimated 60 MPH wind gusts near SW 1st Street. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | - | The public reported several trees downed in Webster, including one large oak tree that fell on a truck. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | - | The gust was measured by a weather station of a trained spotter. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bevilles Corner | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Linden | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Tarrytown | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Carver | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Lincoln Park | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Pilaklakha (historical) | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Center Hill | 4.3 miles | 10 |
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 Webster | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2089058 | The 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.






