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East Tampa, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Palm River-Gibsonton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33578. It stands on Alafia River. The Survey maps it on the Gibsonton quadrangle. It stands 11 feet above sea level.

East Tampa 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 East Tampa, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of East Tampa, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of East Tampa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,952 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 19 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 maintenance26
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
20 September 2017Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMCAY BAY (29)
13 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1998Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1998Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2004Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGARDEN PARK
29 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2005Fireworks20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMESSLER

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 East Tampa: 3 unknowns, 2 plants, 2 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Big Bend TerminalPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Port Sutton Plant & MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Tampa Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown1965
Dot Tampa - Tucker Jones MineSandUnknownSand
James Hill Co. - Martinez LakeSandProducer
Parkway Center Community - Parkway PitSandProducer
Star 101 Development, Inc. - Canterbury Lakes MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Hillsborough County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Tampa in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
June 2022LightningEast Tampa1 hurtBroadcast media relayed report of lightning strike injuring child at Williams Park boat ramp.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindEast Tampa$1,000Several lanais, carports, and decks sustained minor damage. A home weather station in the neighborhood recorded a peak wind gust of 50 mph.

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
Gibsonton0.8 miles18
Remlap2.2 miles18
Progress Village2.6 miles16
Riverview2.8 miles16
Adamsville3.4 miles18
Port Sutton3.6 miles17
Clair-Mel City4.6 miles16
Palm River5.5 miles17

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 East TampaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5329484The 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 282035. 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.