| Clair-Mel City, Florida | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Florida#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Clair-Mel City |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Florida |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hillsborough |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.66 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 27.9333°N -82.3783°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 33619 |
| Area Code: | 813 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 301140 |
Clair-Mel City (Clair Mel) is an unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The community is combined with Palm River to form the census-designated place of Palm River-Clair Mel.
On April 10, 1978, a three-way traffic collision in Clair-Mel City killed the driver of a tank truck and injured two other motorists. A cloud of ammonia gas escaped from the overturned truck, forcing several hundred people to evacuate.[1]
In 2007, Kendrick Morris was wanted for the rape of an elderly woman at a Clair-Mel daycare center. He was arrested at the Bloomingdale Regional Public Library on April 29, 2008, after raping an 18-year-old who was returning her books to the library. He was sentenced to life in prison in March 2017.[2]
Clair Mel City is located at 27.93 North, 82.38 West (27.933359, -82.37821),[3] or approximately 7miles east-southeast of Tampa. It is on Florida State Road 676.
Clair Mel boundaries include Palm River to the west, Tampa city limits to the north, the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway to the east, and Progress Village to the south.
Spoto High School serves the community.