BlockCentury Village, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the West Palm Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33417. The Survey maps it on the Palm Beach Farms quadrangle. 7,616 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 16 feet above sea level.
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
8 surveys from 14 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 Palm Beach Farms quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Palm Beach Farms 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
- 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
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Century Village between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,317 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 2003 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | OKEECHOBEE COMMAND |
| 23 July 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 July 2000 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 47TH ST COMMAND |
| 15 July 2004 | Natural | 300 acres | Florida Forest Service | THE WATER CATCHMENT FIRE |
| 11 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HAVERHILL COMMAND |
| 26 June 2015 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TYLER LAKE ( 50 ) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Century Village: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okeechobee Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schall Circle | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Military Park | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Cypress Lakes | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Stacey Street | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Haverhill | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Lake Belvedere Estates | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| West Gate | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Lakeside Green | 1.9 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 Century Village | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2585146 | 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 1867125. 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.