Orient Park, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Tampa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33619. It stands on Sixmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brandon quadrangle.
Then and now
1921 to 1999The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1921 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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 Tampa quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Mango quadrangle1:31680
- 1956 USGS Brandon quadrangle1:24000, 5 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
- 1999 USGS Brandon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Orient Park between 1992 and 2017, burning about 328 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MCAY BAY (29) |
| 29 July 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 1994 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 June 2006 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 29 DEERWOOD |
| 7 May 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 May 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 May 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Orient Park: 3 plants, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vermiculite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Steel Corp/ Tampa Fla. | Iron | Producer | ||
| Tampa Cargil Inc. | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | ||
| Tampa Cement Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Verlite Co/ Tampa, Fla. | Vermiculite | Plant | ||
| Bishop & Buttrey, Inc. - #83 | Sand | Producer | ||
| Dot Tampa - Williams Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Kash & Karry Food Stores, Inc. - Harney Road Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Star 101 Development, Inc. - Canterbury Lakes Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orient Park in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2010: 2 heavy rain, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orient Park | $10,000 | Several power poles and power lines were downed near the Crosstown Expressway and 50th Street. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Orient Park | - | Broadcast media relayed a viewer report of quarter sized hail near the Crosstown Expressway and 50th Street. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Orient Park | - | A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail at the intersection of Palm River Road and Maydell Drive. |
| July 2008 | Heavy Rain | Orient Park | - | A television news helicopter reported that westbound State Road 60 near US Highway 41 was down to one lane due to street flooding. |
| July 2008 | Heavy Rain | Orient Park | - | A television news helicopter reported the area around East Broadway Avenue and East Columbus Drive had flooding in parking lots, side streets and a few homes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sixmile Creek | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| South Tampa | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Gardenville | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Palm River | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Clair-Mel City | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Del Rio | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Harney | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Gary | 3.1 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 Orient Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7102306 | 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 288235. 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.









