Weekiwachee Gardens, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Hernando Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34607. The Survey maps it on the Aripeka quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1978The 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.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1954 USGS Aripeka quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
157 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Weekiwachee Gardens between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,324 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 26 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 use | 39 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | POND (27) |
| 5 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 27-GOLD STAR-0954 |
| 4 September 2001 | Natural | 80 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 1992 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 1998 | Natural | 70 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 27/PALM TREE FIRE/1020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Weekiwachee Gardens: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oman Constr. - Aripeka Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekiwachee Woodlands | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Weeki Wachee Acres | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Timber Pines | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Berkeley | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hernando Beach | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Weeki Wachee Gardens | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Weeki Wachee | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Bayport | 3.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 302711. 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.






