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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.

Sixmile Creek within Hillsborough County

Then and now

1921 to 1999

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Sixmile Creek, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Sixmile Creek, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

43 since 1992

Regional 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 maintenance15
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
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
20 September 2017Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMCAY BAY (29)
29 July 1993Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 July 1994Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 June 2006Fireworks1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service29 DEERWOOD
15 June 1993Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 May 2000Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 May 1994Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenance20 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tampa Cargil Inc.Phosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Dot Tampa - Williams MineSandUnknownSand
Kash & Karry Food Stores, Inc. - Harney Road MineSandUnknown
Star 101 Development, Inc. - Canterbury Lakes MineSandUnknown

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
Orient Park0.8 miles16
South Tampa1.3 miles16
Clair-Mel City2.5 miles16
Palm River2.6 miles17
Gardenville2.9 miles17
Mango3.0 miles16
Limona3.3 miles16
Harney3.4 miles16

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.