Bean City, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Belle Glade-Pahokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33440. The Survey maps it on the Lake Harbor quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1987The 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 sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Lake Harbor quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Bean City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 145 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 July 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PAWN LAKE FIRE |
| 4 June 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 June 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 June 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 May 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 May 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bean City: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rabbit Island Rock Division | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rock Pit #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| South Bay Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Bay | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Harbor | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Dahlberg | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Watson | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Belle Glade Camp | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Belle Glade | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Okeelanta | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Mott | 5.7 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122568660 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278276. 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.






