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Coconut Creek, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Pompano Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33066. The Survey maps it on the West Dixie Bend quadrangle. 57,833 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7 feet above sea level.

Coconut Creek within Broward County

Then and now

1946 to 1987

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Coconut Creek, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Coconut Creek, surveyed 1946

Compare 1946 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Coconut Creek grew from 52,909 to 57,833 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201052,909
202057,833+4,924 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

12 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Coconut Creek between 2003 and 2019, burning about 3,757 acres in total. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 June 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,700 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE REFUGE FIRE
12 May 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTENT POLE (6)
12 May 2008Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALMOST FIRE
9 April 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGREEN ROAD (06)
5 April 2018Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSANDY RIDGE ( 06 )
24 April 2019Arson/incendiarism20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHIGHLAND SCRUB (6)
23 April 2019Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTRAINING (6)
26 February 2010Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDEERFIELD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broward County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Coconut Creek: 12 producers, 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
101 Sand PitSilicaProducer
Cypress Head PitSilica, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Desrocher Sand and Rock - Desrocher PitSandProducer
Sawgrass Mining - Sawgrass PitSandProducer
Deerfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
H L Westberry Rock and FillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pit No. 4Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pompand PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Prospect Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Margate PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Broward County

Storms near this place

13 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coconut Creek in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 5 lightning, 2 funnel cloud, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood. The reports record 3 deaths and 4 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2000LightningCoconut Creek2 killedTwo boys who were swimming in a community pool, died when lightning struck nearby, shocking them unconscious and causing them to drown.
October 2005LightningCoconut Creek1 killed, 2 hurtCoconut Creek PD reported that 3 teenagers were struck by lightning during a football game just before they could seek shelter off the football field at Monarch High School during a rapidly approaching thunderstorm. One person died, and two were injured. The game had already been stopped and people were being directed to shelter when the lightning struck.
July 2001LightningCoconut Creek2 hurtTwo boys, ages 13 and 11, were injured when lightning struck the tree in which they were attempting to descend. The boys had been playing in a tree house, and after hearing thunder began climbing down. The 13-year old was critically injured when he fell on his head.
February 2016Tornado (EF1)Coconut Creek$160,000The tornado touched down near the Mitchell Moore Aquatic Center just east of I-95 and north of NW 10th Street, then continued northeast to NW 14th street just west of North Dixie Highway where the strongest damage was observed, with severe roof damage to a home. The tornado then tracked northeast, crossing North Dixie Highway and damaging several horse stables on the east side of the road on the west side of the Pompano Beach Airpark. One horse in the stables sustained injuries. The tornado then moved across the western and northern portions of the airpark into the Pompano Beach Golf Course and the Citi Center, doing damage to trees across the property. The tornado crossed Federal Highway/US 1 near Copans Road, leading to additional damage in the Lighthouse Point area with many uprooted and broken trees, downed power lines, and minor roof damage. The track ended at NE 28th Avenue and NE 28th street less than a half mile from the beach.
February 2021LightningCoconut Creek$10,000Lightning struck the Broward County 2A Water Treatment Plant located on Copans Road in Pompano Beach. The lightning damaged a number of mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation components including a high service pump, the control modules for two electronically actuated valves, and two programable logic controllers. The failure of this combination of items impeded their ability to fully pressurize the potable water distribution system, resulting in a precautionary boil water order to portions of Broward County.
August 2003LightningCoconut Creek$2,000Lightning struck a school and started a small fire that did minor damage.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindCoconut Creek-ASOS station KPMP at the Pompano Beach Airpark reported a peak wind gust of 59 MPH or 51 knots with a severe thunderstorm in the area.
November 2021FloodCoconut Creek-A trained spotter reported flooding due to heavy rain on West Sample Road near I-95. The right lane was flooded and a couple of cars stalled in the flood waters.||Rainfall in the general area was around 3 inches, most of it falling in only 1 hour leading to very high rainfall rates.
August 2019FloodCoconut Creek-Estimated 3 inches of rainfall resulted in two of the three lanes of Sample Road in both directions between Powerline Road and NW 18th avenue are impassable from earlier heavy rain.
August 2014Funnel CloudCoconut Creek-A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud west of the Pompano Beach Airpark. Additional report from a member of the public was also received.
April 2006HailCoconut Creek-Hail occurred at intersection of Copans and Lyons Roads
September 2000Thunderstorm WindCoconut Creek-A SKYWARN spotter reported large limbs blown down by winds estimated at 62 mph.
August 1996Funnel CloudCoconut Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Broward County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Coconut Creek Park0.7 miles18
Hammondville1.3 miles18
Margate1.5 miles18
Collier Park1.6 miles18
Carver Village1.9 miles16
Margate Estates2.3 miles18
Fair Gate2.3 miles18
Sanders Park2.5 miles16

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 Coconut CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q988906The 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 300334. 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.

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.