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Fair Gate, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Coral Springs-Margate census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33068. The Survey maps it on the Fort Lauderdale North quadrangle.

Fair Gate within Broward County

Then and now

1945 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fair Gate, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Fair Gate, surveyed 1945

Compare 1945 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Fair Gate between 2003 and 2019, burning about 3,719 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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 2008Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALMOST FIRE
5 April 2018Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSANDY RIDGE ( 06 )
23 April 2019Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTRAINING (6)
7 January 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSANDY RIDGE 2
3 January 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSANDY RIDGE ONE (06)
15 January 2012Arson/incendiarism3.2 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTURTLE RUN (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 Fair Gate: 7 producers, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, 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
Prospect Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Desrocher Sand and Rock - Desrocher PitSandProducer
Sawgrass Mining - Sawgrass PitSandProducer
Margate PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pompano PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Prospect 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
Margate Estates0.7 miles18
Margate1.1 miles18
North Lauderdale1.1 miles18
Hammondville1.2 miles18
Sabal Palms Estates1.5 miles18
Broadview1.7 miles18
Coconut Creek Park1.7 miles18
Palm Aire1.8 miles18

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 Q122594855The 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 282328. 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.