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South Tampa, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Palm River-Gibsonton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33619. It stands on Sixmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brandon quadrangle.

South Tampa 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 South Tampa, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of South Tampa, 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of South Tampa between 1992 and 2019, burning about 873 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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 maintenance20
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony1
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)
5 August 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 1992Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
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
9 June 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 June 1994Natural15 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of South Tampa: 3 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 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.

Every working recorded in Hillsborough County

Storms near this place

4 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Tampa in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2016: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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
July 2003LightningSouth Tampa$200,000Lightning struck an apartment building in South Tampa causing a fire in the attic and an evacuation of the building.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSouth Tampa$150,000Several wooden power poles snapped in Brandon along State Road 60 west of Interstate 75 but nearby trees were undamaged. There were sporadic reports of trees downed and numerous broken branches. The wind damaged the roof of small strip mall as the tar paper peeled back. Water entered the building and caused more damage. One of the downed trees crashed through the roof of a home in Sulphur Springs. People inside the home were not injured. The storm intensified into a wet microburst after an outflow boundary from a previous storm collided with the storm over Brandon. No injuries were reported.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindSouth Tampa$5,000A trained spotter reported a line of trees down approximately 300 feet in length along the Selmon Expressway near the 78th street exit.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindSouth Tampa$2,000Local broadcast media showed a video of large tree limbs down across the Selmon Expressway west of Brandon. Time of occurrence was based off Doppler radar velocity signatures.

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
Sixmile Creek1.3 miles16
Clair-Mel City1.5 miles16
Orient Park1.9 miles16
Palm River2.3 miles17
Limona2.7 miles16
Mango3.3 miles16
Progress Village3.4 miles16
Gardenville3.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 291425. 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.