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Driftwood Acres, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Hollywood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33024. The Survey maps it on the Fort Lauderdale South quadrangle.

Driftwood Acres within Broward County

Then and now

1949 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Driftwood Acres, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Driftwood Acres, surveyed 1949

Compare 1949 against another survey:

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

25 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Driftwood Acres between 1993 and 2018, burning about 171 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 minor7
Arson/incendiarism6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1

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 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2 PILE FIRE
5 May 2003Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 May 1993Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceENGINE 89 FIRE
18 May 1994Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 May 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePINES CHURCH FIRE
11 May 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 April 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broward County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Driftwood Acres: 6 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Dimension. 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
A.J. Capeletti - No. 3 PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Dania PitPeat, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Road QuarryStone, DimensionUnknown
Hollywood Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sterling Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arvida LakesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Broward Pit No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ferncrest QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rhodes PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
State Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working 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
Sunshine Park0.8 miles16
Fleetwood Manor0.8 miles16
Driftwood Estates0.8 miles16
Playland Estates1.2 miles16
Hollywood Beach Gardens1.6 miles16
Pembroke Pines1.7 miles16
Broward Gardens2.2 miles16
West Hollywood2.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 281767. 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.