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Golf, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Boynton Beach-Delray Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33436. The Survey maps it on the Delray Beach quadrangle. 255 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 13 feet above sea level.

Golf within Palm Beach County

Then and now

1950 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 37 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Golf, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Golf, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

11 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Golf between 1999 and 2017, burning about 65 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
3 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMINOR ROAD FIRE
24 June 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 June 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 May 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 April 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.2 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 March 2011Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHC FIRE
16 March 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE SUNNYBROOKE COMMAND

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 Golf: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bell Engineering - Bell Farms PitSandProducer
Bell Farms Shell PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Peanut Island Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Palm Beach County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Golf in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018FloodGolf$1,000Multiple reports of flooded roadways from broadcast media partners in West Palm Beach. Many roadways were closed including N Australian Avenue from Banyan Blvd to Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. This included an area near an outlet mall at Palm Beach Lakes and Village Boulevards, as well as neighborhoods in the region.
November 2021FloodGolf-Various members of the public reported flooding across portions of Palm Beach County due to slow moving showers and thunderstorms pushing through the area. Flooding in West Palm Beach near the intersection of 25th Street and Australian Avenue with water exceeding curbs and crossing sidewalks and flooding just north of Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard and along North Flagler Drive with water exceeding curbs, low profile cars struggling to pass roadways, and roads closed due to water. Rainfall accumulations were around 2 to 3 inches.
October 2021FloodGolf-Street flooding was reported via social media at the intersection of North Flagler Drive and 10th Street in West Palm Beach, with waters of about 2-3 inches deep covering the roadway.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindGolf-A thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph / 53 knots was recorded by the Weatherbug site WTPBH located at West Palm Beach Fire Station 1.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindGolf-Reports of power lines/wires down in the area of Royal Poinciana Way and Cocoanut Row in the Town of Palm Beach.
November 2015Funnel CloudGolf-Spotter reported a brief funnel cloud near the main Palm Beach Health Department office on 10th Ave North.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGolf-Power lines were reported down in West Palm Beach. Time estimate based on radar data.

Every storm 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
Dunes Road1.1 miles17
Delray Gardens1.5 miles17
Chapel Hill1.8 miles17
Delray Shores2.0 miles17
Country Club Trail2.1 miles14
Kingsland2.4 miles17
Franwood Pines2.5 miles17
High Point2.5 miles16

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.

Wikipedia article on GolfAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2294511The 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 283160. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.