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Eastway Park, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Deerfield Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33064. The Survey maps it on the Boca Raton quadrangle.

Eastway Park 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 Eastway Park, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Eastway Park, surveyed 1946

Compare 1946 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

7 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Eastway Park between 2010 and 2019, burning about 42 acres in total. None 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
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
26 June 2012Smoking3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSUGAR SAND PARK ( 50 )
12 May 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTENT POLE (6)
9 April 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGREEN ROAD (06)
24 April 2019Arson/incendiarism20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHIGHLAND SCRUB (6)
26 February 2010Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDEERFIELD FIRE
25 February 2019Arson/incendiarism12 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINEAPPLE (06)
19 January 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDEERFIELD PARK (06 )

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broward County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Eastway Park: 7 producers, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
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
Margate PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pompano PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tscotis Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Floresta Estates0.4 miles17
Coral Villas0.4 miles17
Hillsboro Beach0.6 miles17
Fairlawn0.6 miles17
Shorewood0.8 miles17
Coral Manor0.8 miles17
Barwal1.0 miles17
Park Haven1.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 282048. 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.