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Hillsboro Ranches, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Deerfield Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33073. The Survey maps it on the West Dixie Bend quadrangle.

Hillsboro Ranches within Broward County

Then and now

1946 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 41 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hillsboro Ranches, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Hillsboro Ranches, surveyed 1946

Compare 1946 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

15 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Hillsboro Ranches between 2007 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
26 June 2012Smoking3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSUGAR SAND PARK ( 50 )
13 May 2020Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHILLSBORO DRIVE .(06)
12 May 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTENT POLE (6)
12 May 2008Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALMOST FIRE
9 April 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGREEN ROAD (06)
5 April 2018Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSANDY RIDGE ( 06 )
30 April 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGLADES COMMAND
26 April 2012Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHILLSBORO PINES ( 06 )

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broward County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Hillsboro Ranches: 13 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
101 Sand PitSilicaProducer
Cypress Head PitSilica, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Deerfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
H L Westberry Rock and FillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pit No. 4Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pompand PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Desrocher Sand and Rock - Desrocher PitSandProducer
Griffin Brothers - Rock Quarry Number 2SandProducer
Hardrives Co, - Loxahatchee RoadSandProducer
Ryan, Inc. - Lox Road MineSandUnknownSand

Every working recorded in Broward 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
Hillsboro Pines0.8 miles16
West Dixie Bend1.1 miles16
West Deerfield Beach1.8 miles16
Lakeview1.9 miles16
Parkland3.0 miles16
Crystal Lake3.3 miles16
Woodsetter North3.8 miles16
College Park4.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2407585. 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.