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Melalevca Isles, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Plantation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33325. The Survey maps it on the Cooper City quadrangle.

Melalevca Isles within Broward County

Then and now

1956 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 38 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Melalevca Isles, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Melalevca Isles, surveyed 1956

Compare 1956 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Melalevca Isles between 1993 and 2018, burning about 2,156 acres in total. 5 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
Debris and open burning5
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 August 2003Natural40 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE FENDER FIRE
9 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMP (6)
30 July 2000Natural1,800 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2004Natural75 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE MARKHAM PARK FIRE
21 July 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 June 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 June 1997Natural100 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 June 1998Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broward County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Melalevca Isles: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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
Griffin Brothers PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Task PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Triple R Paving Inc.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
84 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Plantation Acres1.8 miles14
Pine Island Ridge2.8 miles15
Sunrise3.5 miles14
Sunrise Heights4.1 miles18
Plantation Gardens4.2 miles18
Southwest Ranches4.3 miles15
Plantation4.5 miles18
Sunshine Acres4.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 301165. 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.