BlockPalm Beach Isles, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Riviera Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33404. It lies near Singer Island. The Survey maps it on the Riviera Beach quadrangle.
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
8 surveys from 14 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 Riviera Beach quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Riviera Beach quadrangle1:24000
- 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
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Palm Beach Isles between 1993 and 2003, burning about 22 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2003 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | OKEECHOBEE COMMAND |
| 24 May 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 May 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 April 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 April 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach Shores | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Riviera Beach | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Park | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Mangonia Park | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| North Palm Beach | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Palm Lake Estates South | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Juno Ridge | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Monet | 4.4 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122573000 | 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 302686. 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.