BlockNorth Palm Beach Heights, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Jupiter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33458. The Survey maps it on the Rood quadrangle.
Then and now
1948 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1948 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1948 USGS Rood quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Rood 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
- 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
98 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of North Palm Beach Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,763 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 6 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 | 55 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2009 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HOOD ROAD |
| 7 August 2005 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | SCHOOL CMND |
| 3 August 1998 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2004 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | NORTH LAKE 2 FIRE |
| 21 August 2011 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WATSON (50) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Jupiter | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Paradise Port | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Salhaven | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Jupiter | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Limestone Creek | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Monet | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Juno Isles | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Juno Beach | 4.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 301129. 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.