Willow Sink, 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 34608. The Survey maps it on the Port Richey NE quadrangle.

Willow Sink within Hernando County

Then and now

1954 to 1999

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Willow Sink, surveyed 1999

Topographic sheet of Willow Sink, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

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

306 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 306 fires within 5 miles of Willow Sink between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,121 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 58 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/incendiarism	58
Equipment and vehicle use	58
Misuse of fire by a minor	54
Railroad operations and maintenance	44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	33
Debris and open burning	24
Natural	14
Recreation and ceremony	9
Power generation/transmission/distribution	7
Smoking	4
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
3 August 2013	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	BRAEMERE (27)
28 August 1997	Railroad operations and maintenance	13 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
17 August 2005	Natural	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	27/U-HAUL-0582
16 August 1998	Natural	5.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
11 August 1997	Natural	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Spring Hill	1.3 miles	15
Weeki Wachee	2.5 miles	14
Berkeley	2.5 miles	14
Weeki Wachee Acres	2.7 miles	15
Weekiwachee Woodlands	2.8 miles	15
Timber Pines	3.2 miles	15
High Point	4.3 miles	14
Weekiwachee Gardens	4.4 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300936. 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.