BlockHypoluxo, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Boynton Beach-Delray Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33462. It stands on Hypoluxo Island. The Survey maps it on the Lake Worth quadrangle. 2,687 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7 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:
On record in Hypoluxo
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Eastoverlisted 2002 · 0.8 miles away
Lofthus (shipwreck)listed 2004 · 0.9 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresHypoluxo grew from 2,588 to 2,687 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 | 2,588 | |
| 2020 | 2,687 | +99 (+4%) |
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 Lake Worth quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Lake Worth 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
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Hypoluxo between 2000 and 2017, burning about 18 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 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MINOR ROAD FIRE |
| 26 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 May 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CONGRESS COMMAND |
| 19 April 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.2 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 March 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HC FIRE |
| 7 February 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | HYPOLUXO FIRE |
| 19 February 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | NICKELS (50) |
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 Hypoluxo: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lantan Rock Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hypoluxo in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2016 | Lightning | Hypoluxo | 1 killed | A 23 year old male was struck by lightning while standing underneath a tree in front of his home at 250 North Palm Drive in Boynton Beach. CPR was performed at the scene and he was transported to Bethesda Medical Center, where he later died from his injuries. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hypoluxo | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew off a carport roof, damaged a car and unhinged a swing at the Hypoluxo Harbor Club mobile home park on the Intracoastal Waterway in Hypoluxo. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hypoluxo | $500 | A trained spotter reported broken tree branches and strewn patio furniture in the Canterbury neighborhood in Boynton Beach due to wind gusts from a strong thunderstorm. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hypoluxo | $500 | Florida Highway Patrol reported an uprooted tree fell onto a mobile home in Belle Glade. Wind gust of 51 knots observed at Palm Beach International Airport. Large trees were blown down damaging a mobile home and a carport just south of Lake Worth. A waterspout was sighted offshore Delray Beach. A large billboard was blown down and power poles were bent in Hypoluxo. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Hypoluxo | - | NWS storm survey team found damage consistent with an EF-0 tornado in the San Castle neighborhood in Palm Beach County. This area is east of I-95 tucked right between the Boynton Beach and Hypoluxo city limits. Track began near Miner Road and Summit Road, and tracked N-NE between Summit and Grove Road, with the heaviest damage along Brown Road. The track then shifted east of Summit Road from Wilkinson Road to Overlook Road where it lifted near Monroe Boulevard. ||Damage consisted of multiple downed tree limbs and minor damage to home roofs and fences. |
| October 2020 | Flood | Hypoluxo | - | Emergency managers and town officials reported that significant flooding persisted in the Sea Pines neighborhood in Lantana from heavy rain late on October 24th and early on October 25th (see Flash Flood entry in this episode for more information on the causative event). Streets continued to be impassable for most of this time frame, and many residents were stranded. Local assessments indicated that high-water marks were observed just underneath window sills in a few homes, with a number of homes having water intrusion. Over 1 million gallons of water were pumped out of the neighborhood. |
| October 2020 | Flash Flood | Hypoluxo | - | Significant flooding occurred in the Sea Pines neighborhood of Lantana resulting from a combination of heavy rainfall of the previous days plus 4-5 inches of rain on the night and early morning of October 24th and 25th. Numerous calls were received from residents stranded in their homes, some who had water in their homes up to their knees. Streets were impassable across the entire neighborhood. Flood waters lingered for several days in the area (this is detailed in a separate storm entry under Flood). |
| October 2020 | Flash Flood | Hypoluxo | - | Boynton Beach Police reported that Gateway Boulevard was closed due to flooding near Seacrest Boulevard. Nearby rain gauges measured around 4-5 inches of rain between 7 PM and 11 PM. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Hypoluxo | - | Numerous reports were received from trained spotters, broadcast media, and social media of large hail falling over a 20-minute period across southeastern Palm Beach County. Most reports were at least quarter sized, with several reports of ping pong and golf ball sized hail. The largest hail was reported as slightly larger than golf balls along US 1 in Hypoluxo. Hail reports were received from Boynton Beach, Hypoluxo, and Ocean Ridge, and Delray Beach. One spotter near Boynton Beach also reported estimated wind gusts up to 50 mph, breaking large limbs off tree branches. |
| April 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Hypoluxo | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud and rotating wall cloud near the intersection of Congress Ave. and Gateway Blvd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manalapan | 0.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lantana | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| South Palm Beach | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hypoluxo Village | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Ocean Ridge | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Seminole Manor | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Boynton Beach | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Atlantis | 3.0 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 Hypoluxo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1842897 | 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 284449. 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.