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Ybor City, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tampa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33605. The Survey maps it on the Tampa quadrangle.

Ybor City within Hillsborough County

Then and now

1921 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ybor City, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Ybor City, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

On record in Ybor City

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 7 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Ybor City between 1992 and 2018, burning about 60 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 maintenance4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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)
23 July 1994Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 May 2000Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 May 1994Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 May 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 May 1994Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceEL CAMINO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hillsborough County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Ybor City: 5 plants, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand, Salt, Vermiculite. 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
Florida Steel Corp/ Tampa Fla.IronProducer
Standard Gypsum Corp.Gypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Tampa Cement MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Tampa Salt & Service CompanySaltPlant
Verlite Co/ Tampa, Fla.VermiculitePlant
Bishop & Buttrey, Inc. - #83SandProducer
Kash & Karry Food Stores, Inc. - Harney Road MineSandUnknown
Port Sutton Plant & MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Tampa Cargil Inc.Phosphorus-PhosphatesPlant

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
Gary0.7 miles17
Gardenville1.0 miles17
Tampa1.7 miles17
Citrus Park2.1 miles17
Palm River2.5 miles17
Palm2.9 miles18
West Tampa3.0 miles17
Orient Park3.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 293577. 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.