Garden Isles, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Pompano Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33060. The Survey maps it on the Pompano Beach quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 38 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1949 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1949 USGS Pompano Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Pompano Beach quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Lauderdale quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Lauderdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Garden Isles between 2010 and 2019, burning about 37 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | HIGHLAND SCRUB (6) |
| 26 February 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | DEERFIELD FIRE |
| 25 February 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Florida Forest Service | PINEAPPLE (06) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Garden Isles: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desrocher Sand and Rock - Desrocher Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Decker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| H L Westberry Rock and Fill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Margate Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pompano Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tscotis Sand Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress Isles Estates | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| Cypress Harbor | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lyons Park | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| High Ridge Estates | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Santa Barbara Shores | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Pompano Beach | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Pompano Isles | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Terra Mar | 1.3 miles | 17 |
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 Q122566527 | The 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 282927. 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.







