BlockHigh Point, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Boynton Beach-Delray Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33484. The Survey maps it on the University Park quadrangle. 2,191 people lived here at the 2000 count.
Then and now
1947 to 1987The 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.
Compare 1947 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1947 USGS Delmar Farms quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Delmar Farms 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 University Park quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of High Point between 1999 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MORIKAMI FIRE |
| 24 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 May 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MK2 (50) |
| 16 March 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | THE SUNNYBROOKE COMMAND |
| 27 February 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 February 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2020-18-0052- CATSBY STREET |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of High Point: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Engineering - Bell Farms Pit | Sand | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franwood Pines | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Delray Gardens | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| County Club Acres | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Villages of Oriole | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Kingsland | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Dunes Road | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Kings Point | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Sherwood Park | 1.7 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.
| Wikipedia article on High Point | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2252369 | 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 1867153. 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.