Nowatney, Florida
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tampa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33613. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur Springs quadrangle.
Then and now
1944 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1944 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1944 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:31680
- 1945 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:31680
- 1949 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:25000
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Nowatney between 1992 and 2018, burning about 257 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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 maintenance | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 29 RIVER PARK |
| 30 August 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | BURNISTON DRIVE (29) |
| 3 June 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 June 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 June 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 May 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | 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 Nowatney: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centex Real Estate Corp. - Carrolton Lakes Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nowatney in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 2 heavy rain, 2 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Lightning | Nowatney | $100,000 | Broadcast media and Hillsborough county fire and rescue reported that one apartment building at University Club Apartments caught fire after a suspected lightning strike. The fire was contained to a single building that housed 8 units, and the fire left the building uninhabitable. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowatney | $50,000 | State emergency management relayed a report of isolated damage to the gable of a two-story apartment building. The gable was ripped free causing part of the roof to collapse into the an apartment. No other damage was reported nearby. |
| September 2017 | Lightning | Nowatney | $50,000 | Hillsborough County Emergency Management officials reported damage to an apartment building that was likely caused by a lightning strike. A total of 38 residents were displaced because of the fire. No injuries were reported. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Nowatney | $50,000 | Long durations of heavy rain fell over northern Tampa and the surrounding areas, with radar storm total precipitation estimates of 6-10 inches being confirmed by mesonet rain gauges in the area. Water levels rose quickly in the areas of heaviest rain, shutting down roads, stranding cars, and entering houses. Hillsborough County Emergency Management reported water entering a house near 56th Street and Fowler Avenue, significant flooding on Fowler Avenue between North 50th and North 56th Streets blocking the entrance to USF, general flooding on North 22nd Street between Busch Boulevard and Fowler Avenue, and flooding at Bougainvillea Avenue and North 30th Street. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowatney | $10,000 | Power lines were reported down on Palm Drive. |
| December 2022 | Heavy Rain | Nowatney | - | Street flooding in the area of East Fowler and 30th Street. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Nowatney | - | Heavy rain caused street flooding near Bruce B. Downs Boulevard and Fowler Avenue. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Tampa Heights | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Lake Magdalene | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Chapman | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Carrollwood | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Altos Verdes | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Goldstein | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Northdale | 3.4 miles | 17 |
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 Nowatney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7066357 | 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 295494. 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.










