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Weeki Wachee, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Spring Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34606. The Survey maps it on the Weeki Wachee Spring quadrangle. 16 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 33 feet above sea level.

Weeki Wachee within Hernando County

Then and now

1954 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Weeki Wachee, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Weeki Wachee, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

On record in Weeki Wachee

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

3 figures

Weeki Wachee grew from 12 to 16 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
200012
2010120 (0%)
202016+4 (+33%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

297 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Weeki Wachee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,094 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 55 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
Arson/incendiarism55
Equipment and vehicle use54
Natural49
Misuse of fire by a minor45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Railroad operations and maintenance27
Debris and open burning22
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking3
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
9 September 1996Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePOND (27)
5 September 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service27-GOLD STAR-0954
4 September 2001Natural80 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 1992Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2011Natural20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBUSH MILLS (27)
17 September 1997Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hernando County

Storms near this place

8 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weeki Wachee in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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
April 2019Thunderstorm WindWeeki Wachee$20,000Emergency management reported that a small tree fell on a house in Spring Hill.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindWeeki Wachee$2,000Hernando County Sheriff's Office reported two trees down at Highpoint Boulevard and Eldorado Avenue, just north of State Road 50. Time was estimated radar.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindWeeki-Wachee$500Metal roof torn off a house under construction.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindWeeki Wachee-Trained spotter reported multiple tree limbs down in the area.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindWeeki Wachee-Mesonet station KWKI Weeki Wachee reported a strong wind gust.
December 2020Thunderstorm WindWeeki Wachee-WeatherFlow station XWKI Weeki Wachee reported a 58 mph wind gust.
September 2011Heavy RainWeeki Wachee-The broadcast media relayed a report from the general public of heavy rain causing minor flooding of the intersection of Shafton Road and Belspring Avenue in Springhill.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindWeeki-Wachee-A brief tornado removed the roof from a house northeast of Brooksville.

Every storm recorded in Hernando 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
Berkeley1.2 miles14
Willow Sink2.5 miles15
Weeki Wachee Acres2.6 miles15
Weekiwachee Woodlands2.7 miles15
Weeki Wachee Gardens3.3 miles16
Weekiwachee Gardens3.3 miles14
High Point3.3 miles14
Timber Pines3.5 miles15

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 Weeki WacheeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2152259The 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 295700. 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.