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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.

Remlap within Hillsborough County

Then and now

1921 to 1998

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Remlap, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Remlap, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

138 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural27
Railroad operations and maintenance24
Arson/incendiarism22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use15
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Debris and open burning9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks1

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
17 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFlorida Forest Service29 ROCKLEDGE 2
13 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1998Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1998Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1996Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2004Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGARDEN PARK
29 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hillsborough County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Bend TerminalPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Tampa Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown1965
Dot Tampa - Tucker Jones MineSandUnknownSand
Hill's Dirt Pit - Hill's Lake MineSandUnknown
James Hill Co. - Martinez LakeSandProducer
Parkway Center Community - Parkway PitSandProducer

Every working recorded in Hillsborough County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015FloodRemlap$200,000Training 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 2013Thunderstorm WindRemlap$2,000A 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.

Every storm 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
Adamsville1.2 miles18
Gibsonton1.5 miles18
East Tampa2.2 miles18
Riverview3.7 miles16
Apollo Beach4.3 miles18
McQueens Village (historical)4.3 miles18
North Ruskin4.7 miles18
Progress Village4.8 miles16

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.