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.
Then and now
1955 to 1988The 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 sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Nichols quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
Fires near this place
93 since 1992Regional 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 maintenance | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HAMILTON (53) |
| 23 June 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 June 2015 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CORONET (29) |
| 21 June 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 June 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 June 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALSOBROOK (29) |
| 10 June 1993 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 June 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | NESMITH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agglite Debris | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1935 | |
| East Pierce Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | 1920 | |
| Hopewell Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium | Producer | 1985 | |
| Lewis Pogue - Pogue Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Little Wheels, Inc. - Wellman-Lord Trust Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Willis Ekhoff - Ekhoff Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Imc Agrico - Hopewell | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | Collophane | |
| Plant City Cf | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant |
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Flood | Trapnell | $20,000 | Broadcast 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 2025 | Heavy Rain | Trapnell | - | Home weather station along Kilgore Road in Plant City reported 8.66 inches of rain over the preceding 6 hours. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Trapnell | - | A CoCoRaHS observer south of Plant City measured 7.59 inches of rain during the 4 day period. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopewell Gardens | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Coronet | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Bealsville | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hopewell | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Beattys Corner | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Plant City | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Turkey Creek | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Youmans | 4.5 miles | 16 |
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 Q122541373 | The 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.






