Boca Pointe, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Boca Raton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33433. The Survey maps it on the West Dixie Bend quadrangle. 3,302 people lived here at the 2000 count.
Then and now
1946 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 41 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1946 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1946 USGS West Dixie Bend quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS West Dixie Bend quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 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
- 1962 USGS West Dixie Bend quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Lauderdale quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Lauderdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Boca Pointe between 2005 and 2019, burning about 87 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 June 2012 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SUGAR SAND PARK ( 50 ) |
| 12 May 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TENT POLE (6) |
| 12 May 2008 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALMOST FIRE |
| 9 April 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GREEN ROAD (06) |
| 7 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BOCA COMMAND |
| 6 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | LYNN UNIVERSITY FIRE |
| 30 April 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GLADES COMMAND |
| 26 April 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HILLSBORO PINES ( 06 ) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Boca Pointe: 12 producers, 2 past producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand, Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 Sand Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Cypress Head Pit | Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Desrocher Sand and Rock - Desrocher Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Griffin Brothers - Rock Quarry Number 2 | Sand | Producer | ||
| Sawgrass Mining - Sawgrass Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Deerfield Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| H L Westberry Rock and Fill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pit No. 4 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pompand Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Margate Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boca Del Mar | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sandalfoot Cove | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Paradise Palms | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Royal Oak Hills | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Boca West | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Floresta | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Hamptons at Boca Raton | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Mission Bay | 3.7 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Boca Pointe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2165520 | 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 1867117. 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.








