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Dahlberg, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Belle Glade-Pahokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33430. The Survey maps it on the Belle Glade quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.

Dahlberg within Palm Beach County

Then and now

1956 to 1987

The 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 sheet of Dahlberg, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Dahlberg, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

92 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Dahlberg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 210 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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 maintenance44
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning6
Smoking5
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 July 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 July 1996Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 July 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePAWN LAKE FIRE
4 June 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceTHE 4 O'CLOCK FIRE
4 June 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 June 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 June 2000Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 June 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSLIDE ( 50 )

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Palm Beach County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dahlberg: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rabbit Island Rock DivisionStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rock Pit #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
South Bay Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Palm Beach 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
South Bay1.0 miles12
Belle Glade Camp1.3 miles12
Belle Glade2.0 miles12
Bean City3.4 miles11
Okeelanta4.2 miles11
Runyon4.7 miles12
Lake Harbor6.3 miles11
Sixmile Bend6.7 miles10

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.

Wikidata item Q5208873The 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 295234. 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.