Broward Estates, Florida
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Fort Lauderdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33311. The Survey maps it on the Fort Lauderdale North quadrangle. 3,416 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 3 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1945 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1945 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1945 USGS Fort Lauderdale North quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Fort Lauderdale North 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 Fort Lauderdale North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Lauderdale quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Lauderdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Fort Lauderdale North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Broward Estates between 2003 and 2011, burning about 20 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | MCCALL FIRE |
| 18 December 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | THE DAVIE PILE FIRE |
| 23 November 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | DUMP ( 06) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Broward Estates: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powerline Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| State Road Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| 136th Street Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| 84 Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bates Project | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Decker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Deem Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ferncrest Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gateway Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Prospect 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browardale | 0.2 miles | 18 | |
| Saint George | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| Westgate Lake Manor | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Boulevard Gardens | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Washington Park | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Melrose Park | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Breezeswept Park Estates | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Franklin Park | 1.1 miles | 18 |
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 Broward Estates | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q991019 | 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 1853237. 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.









