Kingsland, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Boynton Beach-Delray Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33445. The Survey maps it on the Delray Beach quadrangle.

Kingsland within Palm Beach County

Then and now

1950 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 37 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kingsland, surveyed 1987

Topographic sheet of Kingsland, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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.

1950 USGS Delray Beach 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 Delray Beach quadrangle1:24000, 5 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

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Kingsland 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
Natural	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Debris and open burning	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
24 February 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	2020-18-0052- CATSBY STREET
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:

Every fire recorded in Palm Beach County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kingsland: 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
	Peanut Island Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Delray Shores	0.6 miles	17
Franwood Pines	0.8 miles	17
Sherwood Park	1.3 miles	17
High Point	1.3 miles	16
Delray Gardens	1.5 miles	17
Rainbow Homes	1.6 miles	17
Delray Beach	1.6 miles	17
County Club Acres	1.6 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 285127. 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.