BlockCardwell, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Belle Glade-Pahokee census division. The Survey maps it on the Pahokee 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 10 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 Pahokee quadrangle1:24000
- 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
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Cardwell between 1992 and 2019, burning about 100 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 June 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 842 |
| 5 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GLADES FIRE |
| 3 May 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 May 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | POWER PLANT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cardwell in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Cardwell | $1,000 | A tornado was spawned from a supercell that produced a tornado earlier, near the Interstate 75 and US 27 intersection in central Broward County. A storm chaser witnessed the initial touchdown of this tornado at 1040 AM EST just south of US Highway 98 before briefly lifting and then remaining on the ground for at least ten minutes. The only damage indicator found with this tornado was on the eastern edge of Lake Okeechobee just as it was about to exit Palm Beach County. There was damage to a large hardwood tree used for the classification. The tornado was rated as an EF-0 with estimated an maximum winds near 74 mph. Time and path width are estimated based on radar velocity couplet and storm chaser report. Damage amount is estimated. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Cardwell | - | Broadcast media relayed a video of a brief tornado touchdown between Belle Glade and Pahokee. The tornado remained over an open field with no damage reported and therefore no official rating given. |
| August 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Cardwell | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud a few miles south of Pahokee. Time estimated from radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Runyon | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Fremd Village | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Padgett Island | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Pahokee | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Pelican Lake | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Belle Glade | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bryant | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Canal Point | 6.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295177. 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.
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.