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Lighthouse Point, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Stuart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34990. It stands on North Fork Saint Lucie River. The Survey maps it on the Palm City quadrangle.

Lighthouse Point within Martin County

Then and now

1948 to 1988

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 Lighthouse Point, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Lighthouse Point, surveyed 1948

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.

Fires near this place

172 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Lighthouse Point between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,503 acres in total. 59 started naturally. 20 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
Natural59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Arson/incendiarism20
Recreation and ceremony12
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning8
Fireworks3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
4 September 2012Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceEVANS RD. (43)
3 September 2015Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceINDIAN STREET BRIDGE (43)
27 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(MA) MEADOWS (509)
7 August 2010Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(MA) STUCK IN THE MUD (452)
5 August 2006Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(MA)-SNEAKY FIRE-1255
4 August 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2013Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBERRY (43)
30 August 2013Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHIGH MEADOWS (43)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Martin 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 Lighthouse Point: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Jensen MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Martin 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
North River Shores1.1 miles17
Stuart1.1 miles17
Palm Lake Park2.0 miles17
Rio2.2 miles16
Palm City2.4 miles17
Snug Harbor2.8 miles16
Ocean Breeze Park3.6 miles16
Sewall's Point3.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 285507. 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.