Gandy, Florida
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the St. Petersburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33702. It lies near Weedon Hammock. The Survey maps it on the Port Tampa quadrangle. It lies 10 feet below sea level.
Then and now
1921 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1921 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS St. Petersburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Port Tampa quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS Port Tampa quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Port Tampa quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Gandy between 1992 and 2017, burning about 478 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 1997 | Natural | 11 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 1995 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 52 NORTH GATE |
| 4 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 June 1994 | Natural | 85 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 June 2000 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gandy: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Gypsum Co/ Tampa, Fla. | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Plant |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Vista | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Totstalahoeetska (historical) | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Shore Acres | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Feather Sound | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Lealman | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Pinellas Park | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| High Point | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Highpoint | 6.1 miles | 20 |
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 Gandy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2665072 | The 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 1867143. 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.










