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Valroy, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ruskin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33570. The Survey maps it on the Cockroach Bay quadrangle.

Valroy within Hillsborough County

Then and now

1921 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Valroy, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Valroy, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

60 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Valroy between 1993 and 2020, burning about 665 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 14 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
Natural18
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceVALROY PILE (29)
29 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2003Arson/incendiarism23 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBABCOCK
13 August 2015Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMORGAN FARM (29)
1 August 2002Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2002Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 July 1993Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 July 1993Natural3.0 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 Valroy: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand. 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
Caloosa Shell Corp. - Concord PitSandProducer
Leisey Shell - Leisey Shell PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Leisey Shell Corporation - Leisey Shell #2SandProducer
Sun City Shell - Sun City PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

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
Fort Lonely2.0 miles18
Sun City2.8 miles14
Gulf City4.8 miles14
Ruskin6.6 miles14
Sun City Center9.9 miles14
North Ruskin10.2 miles18
McQueens Village (historical)10.2 miles18
Apollo Beach10.3 miles18

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 Q122573425The 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 300127. 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.