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White City, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Fort Pierce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34982. The Survey maps it on the Ankona quadrangle. 3,779 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 13 feet above sea level.

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White City within St. Lucie County

Then and now

1948 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of White City, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of White City, surveyed 1948

On record in White City

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

White City grew from 3,719 to 3,779 between 2010 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
20103,719
20203,779+60 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of White City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,389 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 13 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
Natural31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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
5 September 2014Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceEASY STREET (56)
3 September 1996Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2015Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMELVILLE (56)
7 August 1996Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1996Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2004Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service1126-SL-FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lucie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of White City: 11 producers, 2 unknowns. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Stewart - Stewart MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Morgan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
South PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Airport MineSilicaProducer
North PitSilicaProducer
Ralls MineSilicaProducer
Saggy PitSilicaProducer
C & W Enterprises - Rails RoadSandProducer
Glen Blackburn Trucking - Airport MineSandProducer
Glen Blackburn Trucking - Morlan MineSandProducer

Every working recorded in St. Lucie County

Storms near this place

16 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White City in 16 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 funnel cloud. 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
March 2015Thunderstorm WindWhite City$50,000Estimated wind gusts between 60 and 65 mph caused numerous trees and branches to break and fall in the 300 block of East Weatherbee Road and 300 block of Tumblin Kling Road, according to St. Lucie County Emergency Management. A tree fell on a carport and another fell on a home, briefly trapping an unknown number of people inside. At a nearby car dealership, several vehicles on display with their hoods raised sustained damage and several display windows were broken.
August 2008Tornado (EF0)White City$10,000Rain bands moving on shore from Tropical Storm Fay produced a brief EF0 tornado in Ft. Pierce. The tornado slightly damaged the roof and interior ceiling of a warehouse.
November 2021Flash FloodWhite City$5,000Extreme rainfall, with totals of 6-12 inches fell in less than 12 hours, with much of the rain occurring in less than 6-hours. Numerous roadways in Port St. Lucie, White City and adjacent Ft. Pierce South experienced rapid inundation, resulting in stalled cars and blocked roads. Numerous roads were closed with water approaching several homes. Water accumulated to heights of 2.5 to 3 feet near Kitterman Road and U.S. Highway 1 (Port St. Lucie) and Gopher Ridge Road (White City). The highest rain measurement was 11.40 inches from a Weather Underground mesonet site located 4 miles north of Port St. Lucie.
February 2015Thunderstorm WindWhite City$1,000Strong winds in association with a line of thunderstorms moved across St. Lucie County early Thursday morning. Straight line winds embedded in part of the line produced minor damage on Ulrich Road (between Oleander Avenue and US-1). Estimated winds of 50 to 60 mph produced damage to several large trees and one home sustained minor roof and soffit damage.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindWhite City$1,000West Palm Beach media relayed several reports from citizens of tree damage north of Port St. Lucie. Wind gusts were estimated at 60 to 65 mph after examining photos of the damage.
April 2023HailWhite City-County EM relayed a report of quarter sized hail near the intersection of Glades Cut Off Rd and W Midway Rd. Time estimated via radar.
April 2023HailWhite City-Received a picture of quarter sized hail near the intersection of NW Maville Dr and NE Chicopa St in Port St Lucie.
April 2023HailWhite City-Golf ball sized hail was reported near Port St Lucie and White City.
April 2023HailWhite City-Received picture of gold ball sized hail near the intersection of W Midway Rd and Selvitz Rd in White City.
January 2022HailWhite City-The public reported hail between nickel and quarter size near the PGA Village in Saint Lucie West.
March 2015HailWhite City-St. Lucie County Emergency Management officials reported half-dollar sized hail on U.S. Highway 1 between Weatherbee and Tumblin Kling Roads as a severe thunderstorm moved through Fort Pierce.
May 2012Tornado (EF0)White City-A thunderstorm intensified along the east coast sea breeze and produced a weak brief EF0 tornado (landspout) in a produce field off of Glades Cut Off Road west of Port St. Lucie. The tornado quickly crossed the road before lifting. Several photos were obtained from a local media outlet. An Emergency Management official confirmed that no damage or injuries occurred.
June 2011Funnel CloudWhite City-A funnel cloud formed on US 1 just north of the intersection with Midway Road in White City. A photo of the funnel cloud was obtained.
June 2010Funnel CloudWhite City-A funnel cloud was observed in association with a strong thunderstorm which developed just east of and shortly after passage of the east coast sea breeze boundary. The funnel cloud was observed near the intersection of Midway Road and the Torino Parkway, north of Port St. Lucie.
July 2009HailWhite City-A security officer at the PGA golf course in Port St. Lucie reported hail, up to the size of a quarter, falling for about five minutes.
July 2008HailWhite City-Golf ball size hail was reported on Interstate 95 at mile marker 124.

Every storm recorded in St. Lucie 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
Collins Park Estates0.8 miles16
Indian River Estates1.4 miles16
Cortez Estates3.3 miles20
Ankona3.9 miles16
River Park4.2 miles16
Eldred4.3 miles16
Glidden Park4.4 miles21
Fort Pierce5.0 miles21

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 White CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2586257The 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 308172. 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.