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Drew 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 33614. The Survey maps it on the Gandy Bridge quadrangle.

Drew Park within Hillsborough County

Then and now

1921 to 1998

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Drew Park, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Drew Park, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Drew Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Arson/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking2
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
9 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePAM CALLAHAN PRESERVE (29)
9 July 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 May 1994Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 May 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 May 1995Smoking3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 May 2014Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceT&C GREENWAY TRAIL (29)
15 May 1992Misuse of fire by a minor10 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Drew Park: 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Vermiculite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Iron. 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
Verlite Co/ Tampa, Fla.VermiculitePlant
Bishop & Buttrey, Inc. - #83SandProducer
Dot Tampa - Benjamin MineSandUnknownSand

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
Leto1.9 miles17
West Park1.9 miles17
West Tampa2.5 miles17
Egypt Lake2.5 miles18
Sweetwater Creek2.6 miles20
Citrus Park3.2 miles17
Bay Crest Park3.5 miles20
Palm3.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 281762. 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.