Concrete Patios in Turkey Creek, Plant City

Back doors on 1980s houses and manufactured homes

The 2026 tax roll for the area around Turkey Creek's mapped center lists 78 mobile home parcels and 73 single-family parcels, with vacant residential, cropland and grazing parcels mixed in. Recorded build years run from 1915 to 2025, with a median of 1986, and most homes date from the 1970s through the 1990s. Odds are a new patio here goes behind a house that has stood for decades. Wikipedia draws Turkey Creek's rough edges at Sydney Washer Road on the west, Sydney Road on the north, Mud Lake Road on the east and State Road 60 on the south, with Griffin Boulevard, West Trapnell Road and Walden Lake Elementary School just beyond the center.

That shapes the layout more than the square footage does. Tell us how high the back door threshold sits, whether steps come down to grade, and where the downspouts or roof edge drop water. On a manufactured home, show us where the skirting and the steps meet the ground. Our concrete patio page walks through slab types for the whole area, and the Turkey Creek area page covers the community's farm history and the rest of the work we price here.

Lake fine sand in one spot, a wet depression in another

Around Turkey Creek, the mapped soils change over short distances. USDA soil mapping for the area near its center shows Lake fine sand, rated excessively drained, on about 9 percent of it. Zolfo fine sand, somewhat poorly drained, covers about 11 percent, and depressional Basinger, Holopaw and Samsula soils, rated very poorly drained, cover about 10 percent. The National Wetlands Inventory maps about 11 percent of the same ground as wetland or pond, and USGS maps the stream named Turkey Creek just outside that center.

For a patio, the lesson is simple: don't put the slab in the lowest part of the yard. If water stands back there after a July storm, point it out on the site visit. The fix may be moving the patio toward higher ground, raising and compacting the base, or pitching the surface so rain runs off the far edge and away from your wall. Before bringing in a load of fill or reshaping how water leaves the lot, ask the county whether that change needs its own review.

Base work is mostly about getting roots and dark topsoil out and packing the sand firm. Our sandy east Hillsborough soil guide explains why that matters over a shallow water table.

Concrete Pricing

Our ranges for Turkey Creek patios, priced by area. Every job gets a free written estimate after we see the site.

Ranges, not a quote. Stamped work is priced separately. Free written estimate after we see the site, with the written quote within 48 hours.

From a 12 by 16 grill spot to a 20 by 24 gathering slab

With home lots around Turkey Creek running about 1.1 acres at the median, budget sets the size more than the yard does. Our patio rate is $8 to $14 per sq ft for plain or broom finish, so size sets the price.

• 12 by 16 feet: 192 sq ft, or $1,536 to $2,688. Room for a table and a grill.
• 16 by 20 feet: 320 sq ft, or $2,560 to $4,480, inside our typical $2,500 to $6,500 range for a backyard concrete patio.
• 20 by 24 feet: 480 sq ft, or $3,840 to $6,720. Seating, a grill station and space for a crowd after a cookout.

Stamped and colored finishes are priced separately. Removing an old slab adds $2 to $4 per sq ft. A patio that will one day carry a hot tub or an outdoor kitchen should be planned for that load now, because the thickness and edge detail can change.

Before the visit, lay the outline on the grass with a hose and leave it there for a day. Look at it from the back door and from the kitchen window, and check where the afternoon shade falls. If you're also thinking about a walk out to the driveway, our Turkey Creek driveway page covers that side of the lot.

What to Expect, Start to Finish

1. Yard walk

   On a free on-site estimate we can look at where water stands, how the back door meets grade, and the truck route to the back yard.

2. Permit check

   Confirm whether your parcel is county or city, and whether any part of it is mapped Zone A.

3. Written quote

   Size, thickness, base work and finish go on paper within 48 hours.

4. Pour and clean-up

   Pour day can move around storms, curing starts right after finishing, and the jobsite is left clean.

Zone A, the county exempt list and a patio permit

Turkey Creek's mapped point falls outside Plant City limits, so a patio here generally goes through Hillsborough County Development Services, not the city building department. Edge parcels can differ, so confirm yours first. The county's exempt-work page doesn't list patios or other concrete flatwork, and its stated rule for unlisted work is that it most likely requires a permit.

Florida's HB 803, in force since July 1, 2026, lets single-family owners request an exemption for non-structural work under $7,500, and our typical patio range of $2,500 to $6,500 sits under that. But the county says the exemption doesn't apply if any part of the property is in a flood hazard area. FEMA's flood maps show about 31 percent of the ground around Turkey Creek's center as Zone A, a special flood hazard area with no published base flood elevation. A Zone A corner at the back of a long lot counts, even if the house sits on Zone X ground. Check your parcel on the map before you file.

A patio over $2,500 also calls for a Notice of Commencement recorded with the County Clerk before work starts, per Florida Statutes 713.13 and 713.02(5). Under 713.135, once the contract passes $5,000, a copy also goes to the county before the first inspection. Our permit guide explains how city and county parcels differ.

Screen-room plans, vapor sheets and termite questions

If a screen enclosure or a roof may go up over the patio later, decide that before we form. Ask the enclosure company for its footprint and post spots so the posts land on solid concrete, not across a joint.

Whether a plastic sheet goes under the slab depends on what the space becomes. The Florida Building Code, section R506.2.3, calls for a 6-mil vapor retarder under slabs, but it exempts patios and other flatwork not likely to be enclosed and heated later. A screen room stays open to the air. A room you might close in and air-condition some day is different, so tell us if that's the plan. NRMCA also notes that concrete placed right on a retarder needs extra care in hot weather to avoid cracking.

Termite protection is a separate question. The code's termite rules in R318 are written for new construction, not a patio added behind an existing house. Still, a slab poured against your wall covers the soil next to it. Call your pest control company before the pour, tell them where the patio goes, and ask what your home already has in place. We can set the pour date around their visit.

Open-field sun, rainy-season pours and a slab you'll use in August

The National Weather Service describes the West Central Florida rainy season, May 25 to October 10, as dew points above 70 degrees, highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s and frequent thunderstorms. On a lot that backs onto cropland or pasture with little shade near the house, a west-facing patio gets the worst of that.

Comfort comes from placement and shade more than the concrete itself. Put the patio where the house shades it after 3 in the afternoon if you can. Plan for a roof, pergola or screen room now, even if it comes later.

Pour day feels the heat too. NRMCA's hot-weather guidance says to avoid the hottest part of the day when possible, keep extra water out of the mix, and start curing as soon as finishing ends, with at least 3 days of wet curing or a membrane compound. White pigmented compounds reflect heat. Plastic shrinkage cracks show up when wind and sun pull water off the surface faster than it rises, so we can use shade, windbreaks or a fog spray on a breezy afternoon. A pool deck can be priced on the same visit.