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Clair-Mel City, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Palm River-Gibsonton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33619. The Survey maps it on the Brandon quadrangle.

Clair-Mel City within Hillsborough County

Then and now

1921 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clair-Mel City, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Clair-Mel City, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Clair-Mel City between 1992 and 2019, burning about 998 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 11 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 maintenance23
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural6
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
20 September 2017Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMCAY BAY (29)
5 August 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 1992Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 July 1993Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 July 1996Railroad operations and maintenance9.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 July 1994Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceRIVERVIEW DR II (29)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hillsborough County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Clair-Mel City: 4 plants, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand, Salt, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Tampa Cement MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Tampa Salt & Service CompanySaltPlant
Parkway Center Community - Parkway PitSandProducer
Star 101 Development, Inc. - Canterbury Lakes MineSandUnknown
Port Sutton Plant & MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Tampa Cargil Inc.Phosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Tampa Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown1965

Every working 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
South Tampa1.5 miles16
Palm River1.7 miles17
Progress Village2.1 miles16
Sixmile Creek2.5 miles16
Orient Park2.9 miles16
Port Sutton3.2 miles17
Gardenville3.6 miles17
Limona3.6 miles16

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 Clair-Mel CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5125103The 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 301140. 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.