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Citrus Park, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tampa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33603. The Survey maps it on the Tampa quadrangle.

Citrus Park within Hillsborough County

Then and now

1921 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Citrus Park, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Citrus Park, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

On record in Citrus Park

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 within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

8 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Citrus Park between 1992 and 2018, burning about 56 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

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
4 May 1994Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 May 1994Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 May 1992Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 April 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 April 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROWLETTE PARK (29)
28 November 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Service17TH STREET (29)
19 January 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 January 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Citrus Park: 4 plants, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Salt, Vermiculite. 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
Florida Steel Corp/ Tampa Fla.IronProducer
Standard Gypsum Corp.Gypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Tampa Cargil Inc.Phosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Tampa Cement MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Tampa Salt & Service CompanySaltPlant
Verlite Co/ Tampa, Fla.VermiculitePlant
Bishop & Buttrey, Inc. - #83SandProducer
Kash & Karry Food Stores, Inc. - Harney Road MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Hillsborough County

Storms near this place

11 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Citrus Park in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
July 1998Flash FloodCitrus Park$50,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindCitrus Park$5,000Tree limbs and power lines were reported down on the corner of Shaw Road and Ehrlich Road.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindCitrus Park$5,000A Tampa Electric Power representative reported thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees, several branches and power lines from Citrus Park to Lutz.
August 2015Heavy RainCitrus Park-A trained spotter in the Citrus Park area reported 5.1 inches of rain in a six hour time period.
September 2014Heavy RainCitrus Park-A CoCoRaHS observer near Citrus Park measured 10.14 inches of rain during the 4 day period.
March 2011Tornado (EF0)Citrus Park-There were several public reports of a tornado near Odessa. No significant damage was reported.
September 2008Heavy RainCitrus Park-A trained spotter reported 3.63 inches of rain falling in one hour in Citrus Park and causing minor street flooding.
July 2008Heavy RainCitrus Park-Two inches of rain fell in 30 minutes causing minor flooding on the property of a Citrus Park spotter.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindCitrus Park-Trees, limbs, and power lines were down in the Lake Magdalene and New Tampa Area.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindCitrus Park-Power lines were down in the Citrus Park area due to fallen trees and limbs.
July 2002HailCitrus Park-Sheriff report of golf ball size hail with power and traffic lights out.

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
Palm1.0 miles18
Ybor City2.1 miles17
Sulphur Springs2.3 miles18
Gardenville2.6 miles17
Gary2.8 miles17
Egypt Lake2.9 miles18
Altos Verdes2.9 miles18
Tampa3.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2482843. 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.