Weekiwachee Woodlands, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Spring Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34606. The Survey maps it on the Port Richey NE quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1999The same ground, surveyed 45 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
9 surveys from 15 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 Port Richey NE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Port Richey Ne quadrangle1:24000
- 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
- 1999 USGS Port Richey NE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
209 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Weekiwachee Woodlands between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,981 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 38 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 | 50 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 29 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 10 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 27/PALM TREE FIRE/1020 |
| 19 August 1998 | Natural | 750 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 1998 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 1997 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 Woodlands: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeki Wachee Acres | 0.1 miles | 15 | |
| Timber Pines | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Berkeley | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Weekiwachee Gardens | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Weeki Wachee | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Willow Sink | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Hernando Beach | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Spring Hill | 3.9 miles | 15 |
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 Q122551003 | 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 300942. 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.








