Wiscon, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Brooksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34601. The Survey maps it on the Brooksville quadrangle. 681 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 85 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1954 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 44 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:
Population over time
2 figuresWiscon fell from 706 to 681 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 706 | |
| 2020 | 681 | -25 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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 Brooksville 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
- 1979 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Brooksville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
335 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 335 fires within 5 miles of Wiscon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,994 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 49 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 84 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | DRY CREEK/1187 |
| 22 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2004 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HEXUM FIRE/0734 |
| 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 |
| 26 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 27/WREN FIRE/0598 |
| 20 August 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wiscon: 1 plant, 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooksville Gay Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brooksville Lime Kiln | Calcium | Plant | ||
| Dot Dade City - Mason-Smith Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone | |
| Wayne Thomas Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wiscon in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wiscon | $5,000 | An RV business had their sign blown down, a carport blown over, and minor damage to empty cargo trailers, utility sheds, and truck toppers. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norman | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Brookridge | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| South Brooksville | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| High Point | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| North Brooksville | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Powell | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Camps | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Tooke Lake Junction | 4.0 miles | 16 |
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 Wiscon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6168019 | 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 294978. 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.







