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Hamptons at Boca Raton, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Sunshine Parkway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33434. The Survey maps it on the University Park quadrangle. 11,306 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 16 feet above sea level.

Hamptons at Boca Raton within Palm Beach County

Then and now

1947 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hamptons at Boca Raton, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Hamptons at Boca Raton, surveyed 1947

Compare 1947 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

22 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Hamptons at Boca Raton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,194 acres in total. 12 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
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
18 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMORIKAMI FIRE
7 August 1994Natural320 acresArthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife RefugeSOUTHEAST
7 August 1994Natural5.0 acresArthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife RefugeSPOT
10 August 1999Natural60 acresArthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife RefugeSOUTHEAST
18 July 2006Natural448 acresArthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife RefugeL-7 CANAL
14 July 2004Natural10 acresArthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge30 MINUTE
7 June 2002Naturalunder an acreArthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife RefugeNATURALOUT
7 June 2002Natural40 acresArthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife RefugeBOUDREAUX

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 Hamptons at Boca Raton: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Cypress Head PitSilica, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Griffin Brothers - Rock Quarry Number 2SandProducer
PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Whisper Walk0.9 miles16
Boca West1.4 miles16
Mission Bay1.5 miles16
Sandalfoot Cove3.0 miles16
University Park3.0 miles16
Boca Del Mar3.3 miles16
Boca Pointe3.7 miles16
Paradise Palms3.8 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 Hamptons at Boca RatonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2442635The 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 1867149. 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.