Bay Crest Park, Florida
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Tampa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33615. It stands on Woods Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gandy Bridge quadrangle. It stands 7 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1921 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1921 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1921 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS St. Petersburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Gandy Bridge quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS Gandy Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gandy Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1998 USGS Gandy Bridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Bay Crest Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 537 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 1993 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 1992 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PAM CALLAHAN PRESERVE (29) |
| 9 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bay Crest Park: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot Tampa - Benjamin Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Larkin Contracting, Inc. - Brown Pond Excavation | Sand | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Creek | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Sweetwater Creek | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Town 'n' Country | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Drew Park | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Tarpon | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Leto | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| West Park | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Egypt Lake | 4.8 miles | 18 |
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 Bay Crest Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15051621 | 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 2481525. 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.











