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Tampa is a United States city in Hillsborough County, on the west coast of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County.[3]. The population of Tampa in 2000 was 303,447. According to the 2006 Census estimate, the city has a population of 332,888 [4]. Tampa is the name of some places in the United States: Tampa, Florida (the best known city with this name) Tampa, Kansas The Tampa Bay Area is sometimes referred to as Tampa or Tampa Bay. ...
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Area code 813 is the telephone numbering plan code for the city of Tampa, Florida and surrounding areas such as Zephyrhills and Oldsmar. ...
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Tampa is a part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area, most commonly referred to as the "Tampa Bay Area." The four-county area is composed of roughly 2.7 million residents, making it the second largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the state, and the third largest in the Southeastern United States behind Miami and Atlanta. The Tampa Bay Partnership and U.S. Census data showed an average annual growth of 2.47 percent, or a gain of approximately 97,000 residents per year. Between 2000 and 2006, the Tampa Bay media market has experienced a combined growth rate of 14.8 percent, growing from 3.4 million to 3.9 million and hitting the 4 million people mark on April 1, 2007.[5] It is the second largest media market in the state of Florida and the thirteenth largest DMA Market in the United States.[6] The Tampa Bay area is a metropolitan area on the Gulf coast of west-central Florida. ...
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The local Seminole Indians also named Tampa which means "Great Lighting". The word "Tampa" is believed to mean "sticks of fire" in the language of the Calusa, a Native American tribe. Other historians claim the name refers to "The place to gather sticks". "Sticks of fire" may also relate to the high concentration of lightning strikes that Tampa Bay receives every year during the hot and wet summer months.Toponymist George R. Stewart writes that the name was the result of a miscommunication between the Spanish and the Indians, the Indian word being "itimpi", meaning simply "near it" (Stewart, pg. 231). Franklin Street, looking North, Tampa c. ...
Approximate Calusa core area (red) and political domain (blue) The Calusa, sometimes spelled Caloosa, Calos, Carlos or Caalus[1], were a Native American group that lived on the coast and along the inner waterways of Floridas southwest coast. ...
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Early explorations Whatever its origins, the name first appears in the "Memoir" of Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda (1575), who had spent 17 years as a Calusa captive. He calls it "Tanpa" and describes it as an important Calusa town. While "Tanpa" is the apparent basis for the modern name "Tampa", archaeologist Jerald Milanich places the Calusa village of Tanpa at the mouth of Charlotte Harbor, the original "Bay of Tanpa". A later Spanish expedition failed to notice Charlotte Harbor while sailing north along the west coast of Florida and assumed that today's Tampa Bay was the bay that they had sought. Thus, the name was accidentally transferred north.[8] Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda(ca. ...
Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ...
Estuary mouth Charlotte Harbor Estuary is a natural estuary spanning the west coast west coast of Florida from Venice to Bonita Springs to Winter Haven, Florida on the Gulf of Mexico and is one of the most productive wetlands in Florida. ...
In April of 1528, the ill-fated Narváez Expedition landed near Tampa with the intention of starting a colony. After being told by the natives of better riches to the north, they abandoned their camp after only a week. A dozen years later, a surviving member of the expedition named Juan Ortiz was rescued by Hernando de Soto's expedition.[9] The Narváez expedition was a Spanish attempt to install Pánfilo de Narváez as adelantado (governor) of Spanish Florida during the years 1527 – 1528. ...
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A peace treaty was conducted with the local Indians and a short-lived Spanish outpost was established, but this was abandoned when it became clear that there was no gold in the area, and that the local Indians were not interested in converting to Catholicism but were too skilled as warriors to easily conquer. GOLD refers to one of the following: GOLD (IEEE) is an IEEE program designed to garner more student members at the university level (Graduates of the Last Decade). ...
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After this point the Tampa area would be effectively ignored by its colonial owners for more than 200 years.
British rule When Great Britain acquired Florida in 1763, the bay was named Hillsborough Bay, after Lord Hillsborough, Secretary of State for the Colonies. Britain was more concerned with the strategically important Atlantic coast of Florida (especially St. Augustine) rather than mostly empty Gulf coast, and the Tampa area was by and large disregarded again. Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (30 May 1718 - 7 October 1793), was a British politician of the Georgian era. ...
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With the native population having died from disease long before and the Seminoles still living to the north, the only (seasonal) residents of the Tampa Bay area were Cuban fishermen. These visitors stayed in temporary settlements along the shore, catching a large haul of fish from the teeming waters of the bay to take back and sell.[10] For other uses, see Seminole (disambiguation). ...
Florida becomes a U.S. Territory Spain regained control of Florida in 1783 as part of the Treaty of Paris at the end of the American Revolution. Once again, the Tampa area was not a vital concern to its European owner. Many treaties have been negotiated and signed in Paris, including: Treaty of Paris (1229) - ended the Albigensian Crusade Treaty of Paris (1259) - between Henry III of England and Louis IX of France Treaty of Paris (1763) - ended the Seven Years War Treaty of Paris (1783) - ended the American Revolutionary War...
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The United States purchased Florida in 1821 (see Adams-Onís Treaty) to end frontier Indians raids and to stem the tide of escaped slaves fleeing to the wilds of Florida from neighboring states. In fact, one of the first official U.S. actions in the new territory was a raid which destroyed Angola, a village built by escaped slaves on the shores of Tampa Bay. Map showing results of the Adams-OnÃs Treaty. ...
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Fort Brooke is a historical military poat situated on the east bank (at the mouth) of the Hillsborough River in present-day Tampa. ...
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Birth of a pioneer town The Treaty of Moultrie Creek (1823) created a large Indian reservation in the interior of the peninsular Florida. As part of efforts to establish control over the vast swampy wilderness, the U.S. government built a series of forts and trading posts throughout the new territory. "Cantonment Brooke" was established in 1823 by Colonels George Mercer Brooke and James Gadsden at the mouth of the Hillsborough River on Tampa Bay, at what is now the site of the Tampa Convention Center in Downtown Tampa. In 1824, the post was officially christened Fort Brooke. This article is about Native Americans. ...
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Downtown Tampa, as seen from the mouth of the Hillsborough River in 2006 Downtown Tampa, is the central business district of Tampa, Florida and the chief financial district of the Tampa Bay Area. ...
Fort Brooke is a historical military poat situated on the east bank (at the mouth) of the Hillsborough River in present-day Tampa. ...
A few settlers soon established homesteads around the wooden fort, but growth was very slow due to difficult conditions and the constant threat of attack from the Seminole Indian population, who lived nearby in an uneasy truce. When the Second Seminole War flared up in late 1835, Fort Brooke served as a vital military asset. After almost seven long years of vicious fighting, the war was over and the Seminoles were forced away from the Tampa region. The tiny village of Tampa soon began to grow up. The Seminole are a Native American Indian people, originally of Florida. ...
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The Territory of Florida had grown enough by 1845 to become the 27th state. The settlement of Tampa had grown enough by 1849 to incorporate as the "Village of Tampa", which officially occurred on January 18. Tampa was home to 185 inhabitants, excluding military personnel stationed at Fort Brooke. The city's first census count in 1850 listed Tampa-Fort Brooke as having 974 residents.[11] Tampa was reincorporated as a town on December 15, 1855, and Judge Joseph B. Lancaster became the first Mayor in 1856. This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ...
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Tampa-Fort Brooke was a single census area recorded by the United States Census Bureau during the 1850 federal census with the title Tampa, including Fort Brooke. ...
Tampa during the Civil War
 Barracks and tents at Fort Brooke in Tampa Bay During the American Civil War, Florida seceded along with the rest of the South to form the Confederate States of America. Fort Brooke was manned by Confederate troops and martial law was declared in Tampa in January of 1862. Tampa's city government ceased to operate for the duration of the war.[12] In late 1861, the Union navy set up a blockade around many southern ports to cut off the Confederacy from outside help, and several ships were stationed near the mouth of Tampa Bay. However, blockade runners based in Tampa were able to repeatedly slip through the blockade to trade cattle and citrus for needed supplies, mainly with Spanish Cuba.[13] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Trying to put a stop to this, Union gunboats sailed up Tampa Bay to bombard Fort Brooke and the surrounding city of Tampa. The Battle of Tampa on June 30-July 1, 1862 was inconclusive, as the shells fell ineffectually and there were no casualties on either side.[14][15] Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders A.J. Drake J.W. Pearson Strength 1 gunboat Osceola Rangers, company Casualties 0 0 The Battle of Tampa was a minor engagement of the American Civil War fought June 30–July 1, 1862, between the United States Navy and...
Much more damaging to the Confederate cause was the Battle of Fort Brooke on October 17-18, 1863. Two Union gunboats shelled the fort and surrounding town and landed troops, who found blockade runners hidden up the Hillsborough River and destroyed them.[16] Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America Commanders A.A. Semmes John Westcott Strength USS Tahoma, USS Adela 2nd Florida Infantry, Company A Casualties 16 Unknown The Battle of Fort Brooke was a minor engagement fought October 12 through October 18, 1863, near Tampa, Florida, during the...
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The local militia mustered to intercept the Union troops, but they were able to return to their ships after a short skirmish and headed back out to sea.
The war ended in Confederate defeat in April 1865. In May, federal troops arrived in Tampa to occupy the fort and the town as part of Reconstruction. They would remain until August, 1869.[16] McLean house, April 1865. ...
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The Lean Years The years after the Civil War were difficult ones in Tampa. With little industry and land transportation links limited to bumpy wagon roads from the east coast of Florida, Tampa was a small sleepy fishing village with very few people and poor prospects for development.
Then came yellow fever. Borne by mosquitos from the surrounding swampland, Tampa was hit by wave after wave of yellow fever epidemics and scares throughout the late 1860s and 1870s. The disease was little understood at the time, and many residents simply packed up and left rather than face the mysterious and deadly peril.
A telling moment occurred in 1869, when residents voted to abolish the City of Tampa government.[17] The population of "Tampa Town" was below 800 in the official 1870 census count and had fallen further by 1880. (see demographics, below). The little village was dying.
Another blow was to come. Fort Brooke, the seed from which Tampa had germinated, had served its purpose and was decommissioned in 1883. Except for two cannons displayed on the nearby University of Tampa campus, all traces of the fort are gone. In an odd nod to history, a large downtown parking garage near the old fort site is called the Fort Brooke Parking Garage.[18] For other uses, see Cannon (disambiguation). ...
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Phosphate, Railroads, and Cigars: Tampa Finally Prospers Then, out of the blue, Tampa's fortunes took several sudden turns for the better. First, phosphate was discovered in the Bone Valley region southeast of Tampa in 1883. The mineral, which is vital for the production of fertilizers and other products, was soon being shipped out from the Port of Tampa in ever increasing volume. Tampa is still one of the world's leading phosphate exporters. A phosphate, in inorganic chemistry, is a salt of phosphoric acid. ...
The Bone Valley is a region of central Florida, encompassing portions of present-day Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, and Polk counties, in which phosphate is mined for use in the production of agricultural fertilizer. ...
 A plaque dedicated to the founding of the cigar industry in Tampa Henry B. Plant's railroad line reached Tampa and its port shortly thereafter, connecting the small town to the country's railroad system. Tampa finally had the overland transportation link that had been so sorely lacking. The railroad enabled phosphate and commercial fishing exports to go north [19], brought many new products into the Tampa market, and started the first real tourist industry: visitors coming in modest numbers to Henry Plant's first Tampa-area resort built literally on Tampa Bay on stilts. (This was not the still-standing Tampa Bay Hotel, which came a few years later). Henry Bradley Plant, developer and railroad builder on Floridas west coast. ...
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The new railroad link enabled another important industry to come to Tampa. In 1885, the Tampa Board of Trade helped broker a land deal with Vicente Martinez Ybor to move his cigar manufacturing operations to Tampa from Key West. Close proximity to Cuba made imports of tobacco easy by sea, and Plant's railroad made shipment of finished cigars to the rest of the US market easy by land. Vicente Martinez Ybor (September 7, 1818 - December, 1896) was a Cuban-American industrialist. ...
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Since Tampa was still a small town at the time (population less than 5000), Ybor built hundreds of small houses around his factory to accommodate the immediate influx of mainly Cuban and Spanish cigar workers. Other cigar factories soon moved in, and Ybor City (as the 40-odd acre settlement was dubbed) quickly made Tampa a major cigar production center. To round out the town's population, many Italian and a few eastern European Jewish immigrants also arrived starting in the late 1880s, mainly operating businesses and shops that catered to the cigar workers. The majority of Italian immigrants came from Alessandria Della Rocca and Santo Stefano Quisquina, two small Sicilian towns with which Tampa still maintains strong ties. Ybor cigar factory, c. ...
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Alessandria della Rocca is a small agricultural town located in west central Sicily in the northern part of Agrigento in Italy. ...
Santo Stefano Quisquina is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about 60 km south of Palermo and about 35 km north of Agrigento. ...
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 Franklin Street, looking North, Tampa c. 1910s-1920s In 1891, Henry B. Plant built a lavish 500+ room, quarter-mile long luxury resort hotel called the Tampa Bay Hotel among 150 acres (0.61 km²) of manicured gardens along the banks Hillsborough River. The eclectic structure cost $2.5 million to build, a huge sum in those days. Plant filled his expensive playground with exotic art collectables from around the world and installed electric lights and the first elevator in town. Download high resolution version (862x526, 162 KB)This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free content hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. ...
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The Henry B. Plant Museum is located in the south wing of Plant Hall (formerly the Tampa Bay Hotel) on the University of Tampa’s campus, at 401 West Kennedy Boulevard. ...
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The resort did great business for a few years, especially during the Spanish-American War (see below). But with Plant's death in 1899, the hotel's fortunes began to fade. It closed in 1930. In 1933, however, the stately building reopened as the University of Tampa. Belligerents United States Republic of Cuba Philippine Republic Kingdom of Spain Commanders Nelson A. Miles William R. Shafter George Dewey Máximo Gómez Emilio Aguinaldo Patricio Montojo Pascual Cervera Arsenio Linares Manuel MacÃas y Casado Ramón Blanco y Erenas Casualties and losses 385 KIA USA 5,000...
The University of Tampa, or UT, is a private, co-educational university in downtown Tampa, Florida. ...
Mainly because of Henry Plant's connections in the War Department, Tampa was chosen as an embarkation center for American troops in the Spanish-American War. Lieutenant Colonel Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders were among the 30,000 troops who waited in Tampa for the order to ship out to Cuba during the summer of 1898, filling the town to bursting [20]. Those months, while unpleasant for the troops wearing thick wool uniforms in the oppressive Florida heat, were a great boon to Tampa's growing economy. It was also the only time when Plant's Tampa Bay Hotel was full to capacity. Belligerents United States Republic of Cuba Philippine Republic Kingdom of Spain Commanders Nelson A. Miles William R. Shafter George Dewey Máximo Gómez Emilio Aguinaldo Patricio Montojo Pascual Cervera Arsenio Linares Manuel MacÃas y Casado Ramón Blanco y Erenas Casualties and losses 385 KIA USA 5,000...
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The founding of Ybor City, the building of Plant's railroad and hotels, and the discovery of phosphate - all within a dozen years in the late 1800s - were crucial to Tampa's development. The town suddenly expanded from sleepy backwater village to bustling town to small city. Except for temporary bumps along the way, this growth has continued unabated.
The 20th century During the first few decades of the 20th century, the cigar making industry continued to be the backbone of Tampa's economy. The factories in Ybor City and West Tampa made an enormous number of cigars -- in the peak year of 1929, over 500,000,000 cigars were hand rolled in the city.[21] As the market for cigars began to wane during the Great Depression, other industries came to the fore, especially shipping and, of course, tourism. Ybor cigar factory, c. ...
In 1904, a local civic association of local businessmen dubbed themselves Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla (named after local mythical pirate Jose Gaspar), and staged an "invasion" of the city followed by a parade. With a few exceptions, the Gasparilla Pirate Festival has been held every year since. Founded in 1904, Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, or YMKG, is Tampa, Floridas oldest and most prestigious krewe, or social organization. ...
Every January Tampa hosts the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, named for pirate captain José Gaspar who operated out of the area. ...
Bolita & the Mob Beginning in the late 1800s, illegal bolita lotteries were very popular among the Tampa working classes, especially in Ybor City. In the early 1920s, this small-time operation was taken over by Charlie Wall, the rebellious son of a prominent Tampa family, and went big-time. Bolita was able to openly thrive only because of kick-backs and bribes to key local politicians and law enforcement officials, and many were on the take. Bolita (Spanish for Little Ball), is a type of lottery which was popular in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries in Cuba and among Floridas working class Hispanic, Italian, and black population. ...
Profits from the bolita lotteries and Prohibition-era bootlegging led to the development of several organized crime factions in the city. Charlie Wall was the first major boss, but various power struggles culminated in consolidation of control by Sicilian mafioso Santo Trafficante, Sr. and his faction in the 1950s. After his death in 1954 from cancer, control passed to his son Santo Trafficante, Jr., who established alliances with families in New York and extended his power throughout Florida and into Batista-era Cuba.[22][23] The term Prohibition, also known as A Dry Law, refers to a law in a certain country by which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. ...
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General Fulgencio Batista y ZaldÃvar (pronounced ; January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was a Cuban military officer, dictator and politician. ...
The era of rampant and open corruption ended in the 1950s, when the Senator Kefauver's traveling organized crime hearings came to town and were followed by the sensational misconduct trials of several local officials. Though many of the worst offenders in government and the mob were not charged, the trials helped to end the sense of lawlessness which had prevailed in Tampa for decades. Estes Kefauver (July 26, 1903 - August 10, 1963) was an American politician from Tennessee. ...
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Mid-Late 20th century The University of South Florida was established in 1956, sparking development in northern Tampa and nearby Temple Terrace. The University of South Florida (USF), known within its system as USF Tampa[2][3][4], is a public university system located in Tampa, Florida, USA, with an autonomous campus in St. ...
Temple Terrace is a city in Hillsborough County, Florida. ...
There were four attempts to consolidate Tampa with Hillsborough County (1967, 1970, 1971, and 1972), all of which failed at the ballot box; the biggest margin was 33,160 for and 73,568 against the proposed charter in 1972.[24]
The biggest recent growth in the city was the development of New Tampa, which started in 1988 when the city annexed a 24-square mile (mostly rural) area between I-275 and I-75. Since then, many subdivisions and thousands of homes and businesses have filled in, accounting for much of Tampa's population growth over that time. New Tampa is a somewhat ambiguous label as it encompasses both a 24 square mile area within the corporate limits of the City of Tampa, as well as a larger land area that is in unincorporated Hillsborough and Pasco Counties, but retains a Tampa mailing address. ...
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East Tampa, which has historically been a mostly black community, was the scene of several riots, mainly due to problems between residents and the Tampa police. // On June 11, 1967, 19 year old Martin Chambers was suspected of robbing a camera store. ...
The 21st century On January 5, 2002, just four months after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 15-year-old amateur pilot Charles Bishop stole a Cessna plane and flew into the Bank of America Tower in Downtown Tampa. Bishop died, but there were no other injuries (because the crash occurred on a Saturday, when few people were in the building). A suicide note found in the wreckage expressed support for Osama bin Laden. Bishop had been taking a prescription medicine for acne called Accutane that may have had the side effect of depression or severe psychosis. His family later sued Hoffman-La Roche, the company that makes Accutane, for $70 million; however, an autopsy found no traces of the drug in the teenager's system. is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ...
A philanthropist and businessman, Charles Reed Bishop founded the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Kamehameha Schools and First Hawaiian Bank. ...
Cessna Aircraft Company, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, from small two-seat, single-engine aircraft to business jets. ...
For other buildings with the same name, see Bank of America Tower. ...
Downtown Tampa, as seen from the mouth of the Hillsborough River in 2006 Downtown Tampa, is the central business district of Tampa, Florida and the chief financial district of the Tampa Bay Area. ...
A suicide note is a message left by someone who later attempts or commits suicide. ...
Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden (Arabic: ‎; born March 10, 1957[1]), most often mentioned as Osama bin Laden or Usama bin Laden, is a Saudi Arabian militant Islamist and is widely believed to be one of the founders of the organization called al-Qaeda. ...
Zoloft, an antidepressant and antianxiety medication A prescription drug is a licensed medicine that is regulated by legislation to require a prescription before it can be obtained. ...
Isotretinoin is a drug used for the treatment of acne. ...
Adverse effect, in medicine, is an abnormal, harmful, undesired and/or unintended side-effect, although not necessarily unexpected, which is obtained as the result of a therapy or other medical intervention, such as drug/chemotherapy, physical therapy, surgery, medical procedure, use of a medical device, etc. ...
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The 2002 Tampa Plane Crash was an incident that occurred on January 5, 2002. ...
Geography & Climate Tampa is located on the West coast of Florida at 27°58′15″N, 82°27′53″W (27.970898, -82.464640).[25] This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ...
Topography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 170.6 square miles (441.9 km²), of which 112.1 square miles (290.3 km²) is land and 58.5 square miles (151.6 km²) (34.31%) is water. The highest point in the city is only in the forties. Tampa is bordered by two bodies of water: Old Tampa Bay and Hillsborough Bay, which both flow to form Tampa Bay, which flows into the Gulf of Mexico. The Hillsborough River flows out into Hillsborough Bay, passing directly in front of Downtown Tampa and supplying Tampa with its main source of water. The Palm River is a smaller river flowing from just east of the city into Hillsborough Bay. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
Landsat image of Tampa Bay Tampa Bay is a large natural harbor and estuary along the Gulf of Mexico on the western coast of Florida, made up of Old Tampa Bay, Hillsborough Bay, McKay Bay, and the New Tampa Bay. ...
Landsat image of Tampa Bay Tampa Bay is a large natural harbor and estuary along the Gulf of Mexico on the western coast of Florida, made up of Old Tampa Bay, Hillsborough Bay, McKay Bay, and the New Tampa Bay. ...
Landsat image of Tampa Bay Tampa Bay is a large natural harbor and estuary along the Gulf of Mexico on the western coast of Florida, made up of Old Tampa Bay, Hillsborough Bay, McKay Bay, and the New Tampa Bay. ...
Gulf of Mexico in 3D perspective. ...
The Hillsborough River is a river located mostly in Hillsborough County, Florida. ...
Landsat image of Tampa Bay Tampa Bay is a large natural harbor and estuary along the Gulf of Mexico on the western coast of Florida, made up of Old Tampa Bay, Hillsborough Bay, McKay Bay, and the New Tampa Bay. ...
Climate Tampa has a humid subtropical climate (Koppen Cfa), with hot summer days and a threat of winter frost only about every 2-3 years. Highs usually range between 65 and 95 °F (18 and 35 °C) year round. Surprisingly to some, Tampa's official recorded high has never hit 100 °F (38 °C) - the all-time record high temperature is 99 °F (37 °C), recorded on June 5, 1985.[26] The humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) is a climate zone characterized by hot, humid summers and chilly to mild winters. ...
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is the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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In the winter, the low rarely drops below freezing (32 °F , 0 °C), an occurrence which happens, on average, once every other year. Since the Tampa area is home to a diverse range of freeze-sensitive agriculture and aquaculture, cold snaps are a major worry. The lowest temperature ever recorded in Tampa was 18 °F (-7.8 °C) on December 13, 1962.[27] Usually, the highs are around 70 °F (20 - 22 °C) with sunny skies in the winter, with the occasional passage of a cold front bringing the temperature down for a few days. Workers harvest catfish from the Delta Pride Catfish farms in Mississippi Aquaculture is the cultivation of aquatic organisms. ...
is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In the Great Blizzard of 1899, Tampa suffered its one and only known blizzard, with "bay effect" snow coming off Tampa Bay.[28] [2] The last measurable snow in Tampa fell on January 19, 1977. The accumulation amounted to all of 0.2 inches (5.1 mm), but the city, unprepared for and unaccustomed to wintry weather, came to a virtual standstill for a day.[29] Image File history File links Tampa_Snow. ...
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Lake-effect precipitation coming off the Great Lakes, as seen from NEXRAD. Lake effect snow, which can be a type of snowsquall, is produced in the winter when cold, artic dry winds move across long expanses of warmer lake water, picking up water vapor which freezes and is deposited on...
Temperatures are hot from around mid-May through mid-October, which coincides approximately with the rainy season. Summer days usually have highs in the low 90s °F (32-34 °C) with high humidity. The summer nighttime temperature usually drops into the mid 70s °F (21 - 23 °C).[30] The term humidity is usually taken in daily language to refer to relative humidity. ...
Thunderstorms are a common summertime feature in Tampa. These afternoon boomers can sometimes become severe, bringing gusty winds, small hail, and torrential rain. Tornadoes are rare, but not unheard of. The biggest danger they bring is lightning. A shelf cloud associated with a heavy or severe thunderstorm over Enschede, The Netherlands. ...
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The Tampa Bay area is recognized as the "Lightning Capital of North America". Every year, Florida averages 10 deaths and 30 injuries from lightning strikes, with several of these usually occurring in or around Tampa.[31] With each thunderstorm capable of unleashing thousands of individual bolts, weather safety experts recommend staying inside until the weather clears.[32] North American redirects here. ...
The most common summertime weather pattern is for heat-produced thermals to turn puffy white cumulus clouds into threatening thunderheads over the interior of the Florida peninsula. The typical wind pattern usually pushes these storms slowly westward toward the Tampa area. Sometimes they rain themselves out before making it to the coast; on many summer days in Tampa Bay, a stormy afternoon is followed by a pleasantly clear and cooler (though not exactly cool) evening. But occasionally the storms survive to move out over the Gulf of Mexico at night, where they can be seen from the beaches as spectacular light shows. This article is about the atmospheric phenomenon. ...
Cumulus can also refer to Cumulus Media (also known as Cumulus Broadcasting) A cumulus cloud is a cloud belonging to a class characterized by dense individual elements in the form of puffs, mounds or towers, with flat bases and tops that often resemble cauliflower. ...
Thunderhead can refer to: Thunderhead - a name given to Cumulonimbus clouds seen during a thunderstorm Thunderhead (comic character) - a Marvel comic character in the comic Monstergirl Thunderhead (film) - a film about a young boy and his colt — the second in a series of three films: My Friend Flicka, Thunderhead (the...
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A westerly or southwesterly wind flow, however, will bring even more humidity than usual into the air. On those days, rain and thunder can strike anywhere at any time around Tampa Bay.
Because of these regular summer storms, Tampa has a pronounced wet season, averaging 20.6 inches (524 mm) between July and September, but only 6.2 inches (157 mm) between November and January. The wettest month is August, which averages 7.6 inches (193 mm). (August and especially September rain totals are augmented by tropical systems, which easily can dump many inches of rain in one day.) November is Tampa's driest month, averaging only 1.6 inches (41 mm). During the winter, most of the area's precipitation is delivered by the occasional cold front. Yearly precipitation averages 44.8 inches (1137 mm).[33]
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | | Avg high °F (°C) | 70
(21) | 72
(22) | 76
(24) | 82
(27) | 87
(30) | 90
(32) | 90
(32) | 90
(32) | 89
(31) | 84
(28) | 78
(25) | 72
(22) | 82
(27) | | Avg low temperature °F (°C) | 50
(10) | 52
(11) | 56
(13) | 61
(16) | 67
(19) | 73
(22) | 74
(23) | 74
(23) | 73
(22) | 66
(18) | 57
(13) | 52
(11) | 63
(17) | | Rainfall in. (cm) | 2.1
(5) | 2.9
(6) | 3.2
(8) | 2.0
(4) | 2.7
(7) | 6.6
(14) | 7.4
(18) | 7.9
(20) | 6.3
(16) | 2.3
(5) | 1.8
(4) | 2.0
(5) | 46.3
(128) | | Source: Monthly Climate Summary |
Cityscape -
- See also: Neighborhoods in Tampa, Florida
Hillsborough Bay (foreground), Downtown Tampa skyline (top center), and parts of the Port of Tampa, including Channelside (right) as seen from Apollo Beach The Tampa mayor as of 2008, Pam Iorio, has made the redevelopment of Tampa's downtown, especially bringing in residents to the decidedly non-residential area, a priority.[34] Several residential and mixed-development high-rises are in various stages of planning or construction, and a few have already opened. Another of Mayor Iorio's initiatives is the Tampa Riverwalk, a plan which intends to make better use of the land along the Hillsborough River in downtown where Tampa began. Several museums are part of the plan, including new homes for the Tampa Bay History Center, the Tampa Children's Museum, and the Tampa Museum of Art. [35] The city is divided into many neighborhoods, many of which were towns and unincorporated communities that were annexed by the growing city. Generally, the city is divided into the following areas: Downtown Tampa, New Tampa, West Tampa, East Tampa, North Tampa, and South Tampa. Downtown Tampa from Curtis Hixon Park Tampa, Florida is home to numerous structures that are noteworthy due to their architectural characteristics or historic associations, the most noteworthy being the Seminole Heights and Hyde Park neighborhoods, two of the largest historic preservation districts in the city. ...
The following is a list of neighborhoods that are within the city limits of Tampa, Florida. ...
Apollo Beach is an unincorporated census_designated place located in Hillsborough County, Florida. ...
Pam Iorio, at her inauguration in April 2003. ...
Downtown Tampa, as seen from the mouth of the Hillsborough River in 2006 Downtown Tampa, is the central business district of Tampa, Florida and the chief financial district of the Tampa Bay Area. ...
The Tampa Museum of Art is located in downtown Tampa, Florida. ...
Downtown Tampa, as seen from the mouth of the Hillsborough River in 2006 Downtown Tampa, is the central business district of Tampa, Florida and the chief financial district of the Tampa Bay Area. ...
New Tampa is an area in Florida that encompasses both a 24-square-mile area within the corporate limits of the City of Tampa, as well as a larger land area that is in unincorporated Hillsborough and Pasco Counties, but retains a Tampa mailing address. ...
West Tampa is one of the oldest neighborhoods within the city limits of Tampa, USA and a former incorporated city, located just west of downtown Tampa. ...
The following article is about a district within the city limits of Tampa, for the community in unincorporated Hillsborough County, see East Tampa, Florida. ...
North Tampa is a neighborhood within the city limits Tampa, Florida. ...
Some well-known communities of Tampa include Ybor City, Forest Hills, Sulphur Springs
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