Greenacres City, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Lake Worth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33463. The Survey maps it on the Greenacres City quadrangle. 43,990 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1945 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1945 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresGreenacres City grew from 37,573 to 43,990 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 37,573 | |
| 2020 | 43,990 | +6,417 (+17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1945 USGS Greenacres City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Greenacres City quadrangle1:24000
- 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
- 1981 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Greenacres City between 1992 and 2018, burning about 379 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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 minor | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | THE CATCHMEN COMMAND |
| 6 July 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 110TH COMMAND FIRE |
| 21 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 836 |
| 11 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HAVERHILL COMMAND |
| 6 May 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FOREST HILL COMMAND |
| 26 May 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | OKEEHEELEE THREE ( 50 ) |
| 26 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Greenacres City: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Lakes Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lantan Rock Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenacres City in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Greenacres City | $100,000 | A tornado touched down in a mobile home park near Rachel and Susan Drives and moved into a second mobile home park before lifting near Janet Drive and Sunset Trail. The tornado damaged the roofs of two homes as well as awnings, antennae, and outbuildings of several others . |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenacres City | $20,000 | The overhanging roof on a gas station was blown down. |
| March 2016 | Lightning | Greenacres City | $5,000 | Lightning struck a house on Purdy Lane in West Palm Beach with two people inside at the time. No injuries were reported, but a small fire was started by the strike. The fire was quickly extinguished, leaving a cup sized hole in the roof. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenacres City | $1,000 | A member of the public reported a large tree down in Palm Springs near Military Trail between Forest Hill Blvd and Lake Worth Road. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenacres City | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenacres City | - | Broadcast media reported a large tree blown over in Greenacres due to strong winds. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Greenacres City | - | Quarter size hail reported. Rain rate estimated at about 3 inches per hour. |
| August 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Greenacres City | - | The public reported a funnel cloud. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Greenacres City | - | Brief touchdown with no damage reported by Palm Beach County sheriff. Possible Gustnado as convective cores where west of area. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Greenacres City | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hometown Lake Worth Village | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Palm Springs | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Poincianna Place | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Florida Gardens | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Atlantis | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Clarke Shores | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Seminole Manor | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Palm Beach Farms | 3.4 miles | 14 |
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 Greenacres City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q990948 | 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 283408. 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.







