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Palma Ceia, 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 33629. The Survey maps it on the Tampa quadrangle.

Palma Ceia 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 Palma Ceia, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Palma Ceia, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

On record in Palma Ceia

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

4 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Palma Ceia between 1993 and 2016, burning about 83 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresFlorida Forest Service29 COMMERCE CMD
18 May 1993Railroad operations and maintenance45 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 April 1994Misuse of fire by a minor15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 November 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWALL ST (29)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hillsborough County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Palma Ceia: 3 plants, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Salt, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Bishop & Buttrey, Inc. - #83SandProducer
Standard Gypsum Corp.Gypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Tampa Cargil Inc.Phosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Tampa Cement MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Tampa Salt & Service CompanySaltPlant

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
Sunset Beach2.1 miles20
West Tampa2.3 miles17
Rattlesnake2.7 miles20
Tampa2.7 miles17
Port Sutton4.1 miles17
Port Tampa4.3 miles20
Gary4.3 miles17
Ybor City4.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 288417. 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.