Remlap, Florida
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Palm River-Gibsonton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33534. It stands on Kitchen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Gibsonton quadrangle.
Then and now
1921 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 77 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
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.
- 1921 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Gadsden Point quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS Gadsden Point quadrangle1:25000
- 1956 USGS Gibsonton quadrangle1:24000, 6 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
- 1998 USGS Gibsonton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Remlap between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,370 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 27 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 29 ROCKLEDGE 2 |
| 13 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 1998 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 1998 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 1996 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2004 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GARDEN PARK |
| 29 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Remlap: 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bend Terminal | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | ||
| Tampa Phosphoric Acid Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown | 1965 | |
| Dot Tampa - Tucker Jones Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Hill's Dirt Pit - Hill's Lake Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| James Hill Co. - Martinez Lake | Sand | Producer | ||
| Parkway Center Community - Parkway Pit | Sand | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Remlap in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Flood | Remlap | $200,000 | Training thunderstorms caused heavy rainfall over Tampa, with several sites reporting over 6 inches.||Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office reported flooding on Hanna Avenue at 56th Street, with several stalled vehicles on the roadway.||Multiple street closures due to flooding were reported on broadcast media social media sites. Trained spotters also reported cars floating down the road near the intersection of Ferdinand Avenue and Tacon Street after trying to cross flooded roadways.||A trained spotter on MacDill Air Force Base estimated that approximately 90 percent of the roads on base were flooded.||Florida Department of Emergency Management reported that heavy rain and flooding closed the bridge to Davis Island. As a result, Tampa General Hospital was on bypass for over an hour due to the fact that emergency vehicles could not get to or from the hospital.||Damage was roughly estimated to be $200,000, mostly from flooded cars. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remlap | $2,000 | A Twitter user reported awning and sheet metal peeled back on the roof of an addition to a manufactured home in Gibsonton. Time was estimated from radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adamsville | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Gibsonton | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| East Tampa | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Riverview | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Apollo Beach | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| McQueens Village (historical) | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| North Ruskin | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Progress Village | 4.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 289636. 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.










