Palm, 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 33604. It stands on Curiosity Creek. 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:
On record in Palm
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Capt. William Parker Jackson Houselisted 2011 · 0.3 miles away
Hampton Terrace Historic Districtlisted 1999 · 0.5 miles away
Seminole Heights Residential Districtlisted 1993 · 0.7 miles away
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
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Palm between 1992 and 2018, burning about 61 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 May 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 May 1994 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 May 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROWLETTE PARK (29) |
| 29 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 29 131STREET FIRE |
| 14 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 29 MOSI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Palm: 3 plants, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vermiculite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Steel Corp/ Tampa Fla. | Iron | Producer | ||
| Standard Gypsum Corp. | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown | ||
| 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 | ||
| Kash & Karry Food Stores, Inc. - Harney Road Mine | Sand | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citrus Park | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Altos Verdes | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Egypt Lake | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Del Rio | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Goldstein | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Ybor City | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Gardenville | 3.2 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2484546. 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.










