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Chapman, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tampa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33549. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur Springs quadrangle.

Chapman within Hillsborough County

Then and now

1944 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Chapman, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Chapman, surveyed 1944

Compare 1944 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Chapman between 1992 and 2018, burning about 340 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 7 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 maintenance12
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
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
30 August 2001Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 1998Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBURNISTON DRIVE (29)
3 June 2000Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 June 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 June 1993Misuse of fire by a minor40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 June 2008Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service546
11 June 2002Debris and open burning13 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hillsborough County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Chapman: 1 unknown. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Centex Real Estate Corp. - Carrolton Lakes MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Hillsborough County

Storms near this place

4 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chapman in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 2011Tornado (EF0)Chapman$20,000A tornado downed trees and power lines in the Lutz area. The tornado approached Interstate 275, but there were no reports of it crossing the Interstate.
December 2022Thunderstorm WindChapman$10,000Several homes in Lutz community received damage to pool cages and fences. Some shingles were peeled off roofs. Radar data and damage patterns suggest this was caused by a strong wind gust rather than a tornado. Time estimated from radar.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindChapman$1,000Broadcast media relayed pictures of a large tree downed near Lutz.
September 2014Heavy RainChapman-A CoCoRaHS observer in Northdale measured 7.49 inches of rain during the 4 day period.

Every storm recorded in Hillsborough 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
Bruing1.8 miles17
Lake Magdalene2.5 miles18
Nowatney2.6 miles18
Northdale2.6 miles17
Lutz2.9 miles17
North Tampa Heights3.0 miles18
Deer Park3.6 miles17
Cheval4.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300085. 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.