West Park, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Tampa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33614. The Survey maps it on the Citrus Park quadrangle.
Then and now
1947 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1947 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1947 USGS Citrus Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Citrus Park quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Citrus Park quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of West Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 250 acres in total. 2 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 maintenance | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PAM CALLAHAN PRESERVE (29) |
| 9 July 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 2003 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LONGBOAT |
| 4 June 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.4 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 June 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of West Park: 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Vermiculite, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Steel Corp/ Tampa Fla. | Iron | Producer | ||
| Verlite Co/ Tampa, Fla. | Vermiculite | Plant | ||
| Bishop & Buttrey, Inc. - #83 | Sand | Producer | ||
| Dot Tampa - Benjamin Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Park in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Park | $10,000 | Power lines were reported down at the intersection of Sligh Avenue and Dale Mabry Highway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leto | 0.1 miles | 17 | |
| Egypt Lake | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Drew Park | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Mullis City | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Goldstein | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Sweetwater Creek | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Carrollwood | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Town 'n' Country | 3.2 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1867231. 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.








