Sixmile Creek, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Brandon 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
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Sixmile Creek between 1992 and 2017, burning about 526 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
| 15 June 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sixmile Creek: 3 unknowns, 1 plant. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Cargil Inc. | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | ||
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orient Park | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| South Tampa | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Clair-Mel City | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Palm River | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Gardenville | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Mango | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Limona | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Harney | 3.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 291188. 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.









