Mission Bay, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Sunshine Parkway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33498. The Survey maps it on the West Dixie Bend quadrangle. 2,926 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 13 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1946 to 1987The 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.


Compare 1946 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1946 USGS West Dixie Bend quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS West Dixie Bend 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 West Dixie Bend quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
24 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Mission Bay between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,619 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1994 | Natural | 320 acres | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | SOUTHEAST |
| 7 August 1994 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | SPOT |
| 10 August 1999 | Natural | 60 acres | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | SOUTHEAST |
| 26 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | SOUTH LOX |
| 18 July 2006 | Natural | 448 acres | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | L-7 CANAL |
| 14 July 2004 | Natural | 10 acres | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | 30 MINUTE |
| 13 July 1997 | Natural | 100 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | NATURALOUT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Mission Bay: 6 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 Sand Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Cypress Head Pit | Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Loxahatchee Enterprises Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Southeast Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Griffin Brothers - Rock Quarry Number 2 | Sand | Producer | ||
| Hardrives Co, - Loxahatchee Road | Sand | Producer | ||
| Loxahatchee Enterprises - Loxahatchee Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Ryan, Inc. - Lox Road Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamptons at Boca Raton | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Whisper Walk | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sandalfoot Cove | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Boca West | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Boca Pointe | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Boca Del Mar | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| University Park | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Paradise Palms | 4.6 miles | 16 |
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 Mission Bay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2045159 | 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 1867176. 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.








