Riverview alone grew from 71,050 people to 107,396 in ten years, and the communities around it were built in waves that left very different plumbing behind them. A lateral laid in 1986 on dry ridge sand, one laid in 2016 on fill, and a mobile-home drain on wet bay-side ground do not clog for the same reasons. We wrote one page per place so you can see the housing, the soil and the sewer arrangement we are thinking about before we arrive.
Cities and Towns From Brandon to Ruskin
Ten places make up the wider route, from the SR-60 corridor in the north to the Little Manatee River in the south. Some are census-designated places, one is a retirement town, and one is a planned community from 1958.
Riverview
Hillsborough County's big southern CDP · US-301 & I-75 · most homes built since 2000
Lithia
FishHawk area · Lithia Pinecrest Rd · Alafia River · rural east Hillsborough
Valrico
SR-60 · Alafia River · Bloomingdale next door · homes from the 1980s to 2000s
Brandon
Brandon Blvd · I-75 & SR-60 · Westfield Brandon · many rentals and multifamily buildings
Apollo Beach
US-41 · Tampa Bay canals · Waterset · low coastal ground
Sun City Center
55+ Del Webb community · SR-674 · Little Manatee River · built from 1962
Ruskin
US-41 · Little Manatee River · canals · septic-to-sewer conversion area
Gibsonton
Gibsonton Dr · US-41 · showmen's winter quarters · no central sewer in most of the area
Wimauma
SR-674 & US-301 · low-pressure sewer pockets · most homes built since 2010
Progress Village
Progress Blvd · planned in 1958 · chronic drainage flooding
Communities Around Riverview, Plat by Plat
Inside and beside Riverview we go a level deeper. County plat records give the recording year of most of these communities, and the year tells us whether to expect roots, scale or builder debris. Several sit inside community development districts, and a few are gated, so those pages also say what to arrange before a visit.
FishHawk Ranch
CDD master-planned community · FishHawk Blvd · Lithia Pinecrest Rd
Panther Trace
Panther Trace Blvd · two CDDs · plats recorded 2002-2006
Summerfield
Summerfield Blvd · golf community · plats from 1984 to 2016
South Fork
Clement Pride Blvd · three CDDs · plats recorded 2002-2018
Boyette
Boyette Rd · Boyette Springs · plats from 1986 to 2000
Bell Creek
Bell Creek Nature Preserve · McMullen Rd · low ground beside the preserve
Rivercrest
US-301 & Symmes Rd · CDD community · houses, duplexes and town homes
Triple Creek
Balm Boyette Rd · GreenPointe CDD · newest Riverview build-out
Magnolia Park
Riverview 33578 address · plats from 2013 · flat, poorly drained ground
South Pointe
Big Bend Rd · 1,095 parcels built 1998-2004 · Candler sand
Ayersworth
Ayersworth Glen Blvd · Highlands CDD · Wimauma mailing address
Three Questions That Change the Job
- Sewer, septic or something in between? Hillsborough County says most of Gibsonton has no central sewer, and about 2,000 septic and 1,500 low-pressure sewer properties sit across Ruskin and Wimauma. No public list says which individual street is which, so we ask and confirm by address. On a tank we jet only the line from the house, never the drainfield. Our post on septic and low-pressure sewer in south Hillsborough explains the setups.
- When was the house built? The Census puts the median Riverview home at 2006, Brandon at 1993 and Apollo Beach at 2010. Age decides whether a camera goes in before any pressure, and reading your camera video shows what the footage means.
- Is it one house or the whole street? A single gurgling house is usually a job for us. Several homes backing up, or a manhole overflowing, belong to the county's Water Resources line at (813) 307-1000. The post on CDDs, HOAs and the county sorts out the gray cases.
One Price List, Every Community
Standard residential hydro jetting runs $350 to $650, a sewer camera inspection is $150 to $300, and most drain jobs fall between $125 and $350. The cost guide explains what moves a quote, and how to choose a hydro jetting company lists what a fair one includes. You see the written price before any work starts.
Your street is not on the list?
The route runs wider than these pages. Text your cross streets and a photo of the problem to 813-733-7188, and we will tell you whether we reach the address and what we would check first.
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