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Andytown, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Davie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33327. The Survey maps it on the Andytown quadrangle.

Andytown within Broward County

Then and now

1956 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 31 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Andytown, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Andytown, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Andytown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,115 acres in total. 30 started naturally. None 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
Natural30
Equipment and vehicle use11
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 2000Natural1,000 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2000Natural200 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2015Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNO NAME ( 06 )
14 September 2015Natural1,600 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMM 35 (06)
14 September 2007Natural1,700 acresFlorida Forest ServiceECHO FIRE
1 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service26TH ST (06)
4 August 2006Natural15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE RAIDER FIRE
28 August 2015Natural55 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRAFTER ( 06 )

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broward County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Andytown: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Arvida LakeStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ponderosa PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Broward County

Storms near this place

6 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Andytown in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2008: 3 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008HailAndytown$500A storm spotter reported penny size hail along with large tree branches down in the Weston area near the Interstate 595 and 75 interchange with a passing thunderstorm.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindAndytown-A severe thunderstorm developed over the Everglades and moved northeast across highway 27. A motorist reported wind gusts of around 60 MPH along with pea sized hail and a funnel cloud.
June 2008HailAndytown-A public report was received of hail the size of quarters in the city of Weston.
June 2008HailAndytown-Severe thunderstorms formed over the Everglades and moved into western suburbs of Fort Lauderdale. Spotters reported hail up to penny size in the City of Weston along with wind gusts of 50 to 60 MPH.
May 2007Tornado (EF0)Andytown-Several motorists reported a tornado about 1 to 2 miles north of Alligator Alley - I-75 - between mile markers 48 and 51. No damage was reported.
May 1998Funnel CloudAndytown-Some tree limbs were downed near US 27 and I-595 with associated thunderstorm. Funnel was spotted farther south over davie at 1746 est.

Every storm recorded in Broward 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
Weston3.8 miles14
Melalevca Isles6.9 miles15
Plantation Acres7.2 miles14
Rolling Oaks7.4 miles14
Sunrise7.9 miles14
Southwest Ranches8.2 miles15
Sunshine Ranches9.2 miles15
Pine Island Ridge9.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294653. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.