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Gardenville, 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 33605. The Survey maps it on the Tampa quadrangle.

Gardenville 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 Gardenville, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Gardenville, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Gardenville between 1992 and 2018, burning about 62 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 maintenance5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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)
23 July 1994Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 June 2006Fireworks1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service29 DEERWOOD
7 May 2000Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 May 1994Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 May 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 May 1994Recreation and ceremony2.0 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

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Gardenville: 5 plants, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 7 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 Cement MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Tampa Salt & Service CompanySaltPlant
Verlite Co/ Tampa, Fla.VermiculitePlant
Port Sutton Plant & MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Tampa Cargil Inc.Phosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Bishop & Buttrey, Inc. - #83SandProducer
Kash & Karry Food Stores, Inc. - Harney Road MineSandUnknown
Star 101 Development, Inc. - Canterbury Lakes MineSandUnknown

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
Ybor City1.0 miles17
Gary1.0 miles17
Palm River2.0 miles17
Orient Park2.3 miles16
Citrus Park2.6 miles17
Tampa2.6 miles17
Sixmile Creek2.9 miles16
Del Rio3.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2483257. 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.