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Trapnell, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Plant City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33566. The Survey maps it on the Nichols quadrangle.

Trapnell within Hillsborough County

Then and now

1955 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 33 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Trapnell, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Trapnell, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Trapnell between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,061 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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 maintenance31
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural3
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
2 September 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHAMILTON (53)
23 June 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 June 2015Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCORONET (29)
21 June 2001Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 June 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 June 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALSOBROOK (29)
10 June 1993Debris and open burning4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNESMITH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hillsborough County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Trapnell: 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Agglite DebrisPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1935
East Pierce DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1920
Hopewell MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, UraniumProducer1985
Lewis Pogue - Pogue MineSandUnknown
Little Wheels, Inc. - Wellman-Lord Trust MineSandUnknown
Willis Ekhoff - Ekhoff MineSandUnknown
Imc Agrico - HopewellPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducerCollophane
Plant City CfPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant

Every working recorded in Hillsborough County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trapnell in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 2 heavy rain, 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
May 2018FloodTrapnell$20,000Broadcast media relayed pictures of two vehicles in a flooded ditch along Highway 60 south of Plant City. The water was up to the hood of both cars. Nearby rain gauges reported as much as 7 inches of rain.
July 2025Heavy RainTrapnell-Home weather station along Kilgore Road in Plant City reported 8.66 inches of rain over the preceding 6 hours.
September 2014Heavy RainTrapnell-A CoCoRaHS observer south of Plant City measured 7.59 inches of rain during the 4 day period.

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
Hopewell Gardens1.5 miles13
Coronet1.9 miles12
Bealsville2.0 miles12
Hopewell2.8 miles12
Beattys Corner3.5 miles13
Plant City3.6 miles16
Turkey Creek4.3 miles13
Youmans4.5 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122541373The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294951. 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.